The Coalition’s Aged Care Policy shows major cuts to funding and no guaranteed wages for aged care nurses. In the first election debate on 11 August 2013, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said: “I accept that it (the Government’s Living Longer, Living Better aged care reforms) was quite a detailed set of changes … We have […]
Unions fear low-paid workers in the aged care sector will miss out on pay rises secured by the Labor Government under Tony Abbott’s plans to give the money intended for workers direct to providers. Enterprise agreements were the best way to ensure the money flowed direct to workers and was not simply pocketed by employers, […]
Quality Aged Care Action Group Inc. (QACAG) is a NSW-based group that includes residents in aged care, relatives, friends and carers, nurses and retired nurses, and other community members committed to aged care. This is their response to two reports on ABC’s Lateline of 15-16 July. Older people are caught in the middle of an […]
The Federal Government’s $3.7 billion Living Longer, Living Better aged care reform package passed through both houses of Parliament on June 26 and the $1.2 billion in pay rises began to flow through to aged care nurses and care workers on July 1. Pay rises of about $46 a week or $2390 a year for […]
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) have once again shown their commitment to older Australians and the nurses who care for them by offering aged and community care nurses a total solution to meet their continuing professional development (CPD) requirements for national registration. Most nurses are now completing their registration renewals for 2012. An annual subscription […]
Australia has a reputation for having one of the best trained nursing and midwifery workforces in the world and to keep nurses and midwives educationally up to date they are now required to undertake a minimum 20 hours of ongoing professional development (CPD) each year which is mandated by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of […]
The aged care workforce compact was announced on 5 March 2013 by the Minister for Ageing Mark Butler. Here are some explanations of the detail in the compact. Why is the Compact important? This long awaited action on the problem of low wages in aged care is crucial in an industry which determines the quality […]
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has welcomed a review of training for aged care workers – saying it aligns with the aims of its new national campaign to ensure employment for graduate nurses. The review by the Australian Skills Quality Authority was announced following evidence that some aged care workers were receiving inadequate training before […]
Living Longer. Living Better is the aged care reform package delivered by the Federal Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, in April 2012. Living Longer. Living Better
This report outlines the need for 20,000 more aged care nursing staff to care for older Australians in residential aged care. Aged Care Can’t Wait Report
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