Media Releases

Following a number of coronavirus deaths linked to aged care homes in Victoria, age services are going public with major concerns about gaps in government coronavirus supports - including PPE, staffing, transfers and testing. “Despite positive recent announcements,...

Strategic planning needed to reduce the queue Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, continues to appeal to work closely with the Government on reducing the queue for Home Care Packages (HCP), following the release of the latest waitlist...

Our nation’s representative aged care organisations are calling on all Australians to acknowledge and thank our vital aged care workers on Aged Care Employee Day (ACED) on Friday 7 August. Aged & Community Services Australia, the Aged Care Guild, Anglicare...

LASA is proud to announce the State and Territory finalists in the LASA Excellence in Age Services Awards 2020, with young people among the contenders for top accolades. This year a new category – the Next Gen Young Leader Award – has been added to acknowledge...

LASA has warned that unremitting community and health vigilance is critical in Victoria and across the nation to reduce deaths from coronavirus. “Older Australians and the passionate people who care for them remain at the forefront of this fight, and we are entering...

LASA has welcomed today’s Government commitment of 6,105 extra Home Care Packages (HCP) and a new date for the Royal Commission report but says a detailed strategy is required to reduce the HCP wait time to three months. Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck announced...

#ThanksforCaring is the theme of Aged Care Employee Day 2020 (ACED 2020), with the call going out now to every community across the nation to honour aged care workers and volunteers and say “thanks for caring” on Friday 7 August. It will feature a national social...

​Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, says the new compliance rating system for residential care is a beneficial move for prospective residents and their families. Beginning on 1 July 2020, every Commonwealth subsidised residential aged care...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, welcomes the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s calls for submissions on financing aged care, to ensure our care system makes Australia the best place in the world to age. “It is critical...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) is joining aged care peak bodies in calling for nationally coordinated health system protocols to protect the rights of older Australians and the proud and passionate staff who care for them. “Our aged care providers and staff...