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Inside Ageing Sean Rooney, CEO, Leading Aged Services Australia (LASA) In this guest post, Leading Age Services (LASA) CEO, Sean Rooney outlines key topics to be addressed at their upcoming Roadmap to Reform virtual forum on July 15. Advertisement The Roadmap to Reform is a great opportunity to drive the transformation of our age services, following the Royal Commission’s final report and the need for change for ageing Australians. According to the latest Intergenerational Report, across th...

The growing aged care sector is providing new opportunities for people transitioning out of other careers including hospitality and landscaping.

Last modified on Thu 4 Mar 2021 11.32 EST Unions and aged care experts are outraged that the royal commission into the sector has not recommended a clear path away from the “overcasualisation” of the system’s workforce, warning the extra time residents are set to receive with carers will ultimately feel “transactional” and detrimental to dementia sufferers if providers can still rely on labour hire agencies. The Australian Council of Trade Unions is mostly optimistic that key recommen...

40 per cent of aged care residents experience abuse or neglect 40 per cent of aged care residents experience abuse or neglect Normal text size Advertisement Four in 10 aged care residents have experienced some form of abuse or neglect, a rate of elder abuse close to the upper range found in overseas studies. Described by experts as a hidden and neglected problem in Australia, an "experimental" survey of elder abuse among 391 residents living in 67 aged care facilities found 39.4 per cent said t...