A social insurance model would use compulsory contributions from worker salaries to cover the cost of aged care services. But it’s not a silver bullet to fix our aged-care funding crisis.
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One proposal to fund the rising costs of aged care is a Medicare-style levy. However, this seemingly neat solution isn’t the answer to our aged care funding problems. Here’s why.
A study of 85 policies at all levels of government shows the focus in Australia is on residential care homes. Most older people are not in care, but their need for age-friendly cities is overlooked.
We spent 312 hours observing 39 residents at six Australian aged care facilities to find out how and where they spend their time across the day.
Caring work hasn’t been properly valued for a century, in part because it is thought of as women’s work
Only 4% of for-profit aged care providers are in the highest quality tier.
It’s time to rethink these physical environments with peoples’ fundamental human needs at the heart of design.
We measured financial literacy among 589 informal carers that substantially helped an older person make a decision about paying for residential aged care. Less than half were financially literate.
There will need to be substantial increases in staffing across the sector in the next two years.
New research suggests many Australians are supportive of a levy to improve the aged care system.
The royal commission into aged care has opened a priceless window for reform. A Grattan Institute report says this requires more funding, local accountability, and a louder voice for older Australians.
If Australia created more age-friendly neighbourhoods — which really are more liveable for everyone — then we wouldn’t have to rely so heavily on underfunded, substandard aged-care homes.
Michelle Grattan discusses this week in politics with University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Leigh Sullivan.
Cost-cutting, funding that doesn’t reward good food, and residents not having a voice contribute to poor quality nutrition in our aged care homes. That can be devastating. But there is a better way.
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.
Millions of older Australians live in houses that don’t safely meet their needs, but they’re not ready for a nursing home. Lack of suitable housing and the moving costs leave them with nowhere to go.
A report that recommends 43 ways to prevent elder abuse acknowledges we don’t even know how often it occurs in Australia.
Nursing home providers looking to cut costs are bypassing registered nurses and employing less-skilled personal care attendants (PCAs) who aren’t trained for the job.
Often the same centres in need of more care workers are those with high local unemployment.
Admitting a loved one to a nursing home is a difficult decision and is usually only arrived at once the person’s care needs cannot be met by the family and community-based services.
Top contributors
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Director of IMPACCT, Professor of Palliative Nursing, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia), University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, La Trobe University
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Professor of Ageing and Public Policy, Australian National University
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Principal Researcher, Research Matters; Research Officer, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University
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Jim Gillespie is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor in Health Policy, Menzies Centre for Health Policy & Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Older Persons' Health Care, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Curtin University
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Director, Australian Catholic University
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Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne
