Home care packages are a viable alternative to residential aged care for many older Australians. But the process to secure these packages can be long and complicated.
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New regulations to stop the use of physical restraint on the elderly recognise a serious problem in our aged care system. But in order to really fix this issue, we need to address what’s causing it.
By the time the aged care royal commission’s recommendations lead to improvements in our nursing homes, four cohorts of residents will have died. Here’s why.
The Conversation played host to really important new ideas in 2018. Some will take years to develop. Others will never come to fruition. But they’re important.
Eliminating sexual assault in nursing homes is a major challenge which starts with acknowledging it exists and recognising the scale of this abuse.
The income within super funds is poorly taxed. Taxing it better could properly fund aged care.
It’s easy to get excited about the potential for robots to help care for the sick, injured and elderly, but we need the right regulations in place to deal with issues as they emerge.
Andrew Giles on the growing issue of loneliness
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Ahead of the release of the most comprehensive data on loneliness in Australia, by the Australian Psychologists Society, Labor frontbencher Andrew Giles speaks about this "contagious phenomenon".
The biggest system failure in aged care is staffing. We don’t need to wait until the royal commission is over to fix it – this can be done now.
The Conversation asked readers how they would want a loved one to be cared for in a residential aged care facility. What they said was similar to what surveys around the world have consistently found.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the Coalition’s spending on aged care as preparations for a Royal Commission into the sector get underway. We asked the experts to crunch the numbers.
In England, each home is given a rating against five questions: is it safe, is it effective, is it responsive, it is caring and is it well led?
Some family members of aged care residents have resorted to hidden cameras to detect abuse and protect loved ones. But it’s legally murky and erodes the privacy of the resident, staff and visitors.
Better aged care will only come when we as a society stop marginalising older people and start recognising the needs of their carers.
Large institutions for people with disability and mental illness were once commonplace. These have now been replaced with smaller community-based services. With aged care, we’re doing the opposite.
Four Corners this week revealed understaffing and poor staff training in aged care. These issues have also been found in previous reviews into aged care.
Older people living in residential aged care often have few friends, no meaningful interactions and feel socially isolated. Most people are depressed and some may no longer wish to live.
Because of their sedative effect, antipsychotic medications are often used – in fact they are over-used – to “manage” people with dementia. This is against clinical guidelines.
Amid concerns about their quality of care, aged care providers are getting bigger or getting out.
Australia’s aged care sector is in trouble. Our experts have previously explored the complex aspects of the system, exposing where the problems are, and have been for some time.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Dementia Care, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor in Aged Care, Corporate Governance and Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia), University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW, UNSW
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Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland; The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, Summer Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University