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Like many in the sector, Victorian aged care provider Benetas has been experiencing a boost in call centre enquiries and website traffic due to a strong consumer appetite for information on the aged care reforms.
It is not surprising given the system changes and the uncertainty in the community, says Elyssia Clark, Benetas’ general manager of custom...
The aged care sector is not problem-free, but Scalabrini Communities chief executive officer Richard de Haast rejects any framing that it is plagued with challenges.
This thinking only contributes to a “siege mentality in the sector” where everything is considered hard, laborious, difficult and complex. When “it’s no more complex than it was two years ago,” Mr de Ha...
A month since its launch, Evaran has announced the addition of Checked In Care to its unified technology platform.
The news follows technology-focused investment firm Accel-KKR’s major investment in Checked In Care.
Evaran – which supports more than 1,100 providers and 170,000 care recipients across 2,100 locations in seven countries, including Australia –...
“We have to strengthen the movement to open the doors of the closed wards,” was the simple call to action by Teun Toebes that received applause from hundreds of people at the 2026 International Dementia Conference.
“We can’t speak about person-centred care if people are locked up collectively based on their diagnosis, based on their care indication,”<...
New research by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found that 52 per cent of home aged care recipients had at least one hospitalisation in 2023-24, compared to 43 per cent of those living permanently in residential care.
It also found that 97 per cent of permanent aged care residents had at least one visit with a general practitioner in 2023-24, as d...