The Guardian

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Disability sector also suffers critical loss of workers as they miss out on government’s promised $400 bonus Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Post-Covid protection: what happens after you get the virus?

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The Guardian

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading. The unrelated children, aged between six months and 13 years old, died between 2015 and 2017, documents before the court show. The children cannot be identified for legal reasons.

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The Guardian

MARCH 29, 2022

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Disability 80

The Guardian

APRIL 9, 2022

When it comes to aged care, something has to give Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing In 2013, my mum Lenore was diagnosed with a rare neurodegenerative illness. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading. I just want to stay at home,” she said.

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Disability 98

The Guardian

JUNE 10, 2023

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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Government 54

The Guardian

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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The Guardian

JUNE 29, 2022

Home care helps more than 200,000 older Australians stay at home, playing a critical role in relieving pressure on Australia’s residential aged care system and ensuring independence for the nation’s ageing population. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading.

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Home Care 64

The Guardian

APRIL 21, 2022

While deaths not linked to delays, wait times for home care on the National Priority Scheme remain high, despite recent improvements Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing More than 50,000 older Australians have died while on the waiting list for home care in recent years, data which Labor says shows the system is still in crisis.

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The Guardian

APRIL 14, 2022

Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading. The vast and systemic problems facing aged care were exposed during the pandemic, including in home care, where workers have faced increased demand for services, huge staff turnover, abuse from families, and continuing low rates of pay.

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Home Care 75

The Guardian

APRIL 18, 2022

Union says vote overwhelmingly supports action that could include strikes and is likely to occur before federal election Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing Aged care workers across the country have voted to take industrial action over acute staff shortages and continuing (..)

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The Guardian

MARCH 16, 2022

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Government 76

Social Work Discoveries

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Tamara is a social worker and researcher who is (along with her research team) rapidly changing the face of family and domestic violence intervention for young people and their families in New South Wales and beyond, with action research project called Name. Navigate pathways program (NNN).

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The Guardian

MAY 3, 2022

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Psychological Health Care

AUGUST 5, 2020

OCD and anxiety disorders are the focus of a national education and awareness campaign Australia-wide this month. For example, if hearing about COVID rates on the news triggers symptoms of OCD or anxiety, limit the number of times you check the news or social media. ve men – will experience anxiety at some stage in their life.

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Beautiful Voyager

DECEMBER 9, 2020

I know I’m not alone, as many news articles have highlighted this growing urge to connect with the wilderness. Like many during the COVID-19 pandemic, I have discovered the incredible effects of nature when it comes to dealing with mental health.

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The Guardian

MARCH 22, 2022

Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading. The report compared average wages for workers in the residential and home care sectors against key cost of living indicators including average rents, childcare expenses, grocery costs, and petrol.

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Home Care 86

The Guardian

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It comes as Victoria eases Covid restrictions further on Friday, a day after it recorded 1,923 new locally acquired cases and 25 deaths – the state’s highest single-day death toll of the current outbreak. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading.

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Government 98

The Guardian

MARCH 11, 2024

But the government will not pursue a new levy or tax to pay for rising care costs, including ruling out changes to tax treatment of the family home, after the report of the aged care taskforce urged against such reforms.

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Government 87

The Guardian

MARCH 11, 2024

The government-appointed taskforce has failed to mount a convincing argument why a modest financial contribution across a lifetime shouldn’t extend to aged care The aged care royal commissioners were notably split on a number of key issues, but on one principle they were united.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

In the first one, Scott Pham of BuzzFeed News discusses his comprehensive story, “The Black List,” about families harmed by such listings. By 2006, NBC News was reporting (scroll way down after clicking the link) that exactly that was happening in Kentucky. In the other , Prof.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 18, 2024

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The Guardian

MARCH 12, 2024

An expert panel has recommended people with a lot of super contribute more to aged care – but the government may not respond any time soon The long-awaited report of the government-appointed aged care taskforce has recommended wealthier Australians be expected to tap into their superannuation balances to pay for more , in a bid to keep the system sustainably (..)

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Government 51

The Guardian

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As she inched towards the end of her life our conversation was the most authentic it had ever been I was shocked at what I didn’t know about nursing homes. A couple of falls and hospital stays meant it wasn’t safe for my mum, Lesley, to live alone any more.

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The Guardian

JULY 9, 2022

Affected by funding shortfalls and staff shortages, regional not-for-profit facilities are struggling to survive Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community Two months before Garry Kadwell and the Crookwell Taralga Aged Care (CTAC) board opted for a merger to ensure the survival (..)

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Nursing Home 80

The Guardian

MAY 29, 2023

When Cynthia Dearborn became her 75-year-old father’s caregiver, she knew little about what lay ahead. Two decades on, she shares the insights that helped her help him Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email In 2007, I was suddenly plunged into the role of caregiver for my then 75-year-old father, who had vascular dementia.

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The Guardian

MARCH 13, 2022

Indigenous children make up 41% of all kids in out-of-home care in NSW, while changes recommended three years ago have been ignored Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing When Lizzie Jarrett was 12 years old, she walked into her grandmother’s home and met a man she didn’t recognise. “I

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Home Care 98

The Guardian

AUGUST 29, 2022

That same insight – that we have a rare and urgent opportunity for a reimagining for women at work, after the turmoil of the pandemic years and a decade of stasis on the gender equality front here in Australia – is also at the heart of my new book, Leaning Out. Continue reading.

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The Guardian

MAY 26, 2023

The royal commission found dementia care should be ‘core business’, but more than two years later, staff say compulsory training ‘is basically non-existent’ Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Registered nurse Alison* has spent almost $40,000 throughout her 20-year career in aged care learning how to work compassionately (..)

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Mental Health 71

The Guardian

AUGUST 2, 2022

Granting aged care providers an immunity provision relating to restraint practices is unjust. But there is an alternative Does the Albanese government really want to be remembered as the one that stripped many older Australians of their fundamental legal and human rights?

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The Guardian

JUNE 5, 2022

Peak rights group for older Australians demands urgent change after 530 incidents of sexual abuse reported in last quarter of 2021 Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing More than 500 cases of sexual abuse against aged care residents were reported in the last three months of 2021, a rate largely unchanged since the royal commission (..)

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The Morrison government has wreaked carnage in the sector but without an alternative it may not matter at the polling booth Will this be the aged care election? One would like to think so, given the carnage the federal government has wreaked in the sector. Continue reading.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 5, 2022

Son of infected resident describes situation as ‘unmitigated disaster’, with questions raised over booster shot timing Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates NSW restrictions ; NSW vaccination rates by postcode Vaccine rollout and rates tracker ; Cases and data tracker Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing A south-west Sydney (..)

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Nursing Home 76

The Guardian

JUNE 9, 2022

Labor must move beyond the slogans and make the policy reforms necessary to improve life for older Australians in care Historically, aged care barely rates a mention in federal elections.

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Government 67

The Guardian

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Guardian Australia medical editor Melissa Davey speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates on the stark realities being faced by frontline workers battling Covid-19. Read Melissa Davey’s coverage of aged care and Covid-19 at Guardian Australia. Continue reading.

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Government 67

The Guardian

AUGUST 1, 2022

Advocates say proposed laws are an ‘extraordinary overreach’ but minister says they are needed for safety Get our free news app , morning email briefing or daily news podcast Proposed federal aged care laws that would give providers immunity from prosecution over the use of restraints may breach international agreements on civil rights and torture, (..)

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Report finds suicide among cohort reached five-year peak while risk of significant harm rose steadily, with Indigenous children over-represented Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing About 100 vulnerable children died in New South Wales last year despite being known by the state justice’s system, according to a government report described (..)

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Government 64

The Guardian

MAY 8, 2022

BaptistCare says pressures are hitting vulnerable residents as well as employees and pleads for action from whoever wins government Anywhere but Canberra: read our key seat profiles Election 2022 seat explorer ; Pork-o-meter election promises tracker Guardian Australia’s full federal election coverage Get our free news app ; get our morning email briefing (..)

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