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Aged Care
Want to know more about aged care, but confused by the maze of information and acronyms, the roundabout of government departments and the obscure pension implications?
This section of YourLifeChoices website is devoted to helping you to negotiate the tips and traps of ageing well at home or in residential care. And how you can make the best choices in aged care, whether for yourself, your parents or a loved one.
RECENT STORIES
Care providers ‘siphoning off’ government funds: report
Demand for more transparency on how taxpayers' money is spent on aged care.
Changes threaten viability of Home Care Packages
Changes to assist workers may backfire for clients, insiders warn.
Omicron chaos may have killed more in aged care than COVID
Data reveals death rate in aged care from all causes rose in January and February.
Aged care reform blasted as government tallies the money spent
Starkly contrasting views on the progress made one year after the commission's final report.
ADF called in to save aged care sector 'in crisis'
PM concedes the age care sector is struggling under the weight of the COVID pandemic.
Care workers' bonus, vaccination program blasted
Industry chiefs say $400 government bonuses not enough to help ‘burnt out' staff.
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Government announces new in-home aged care program
Initiative seeks to make it easier for older Australians to age at home.
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