Natasha Egan

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission received 2,553 complaints across the six provider registration categories in the first two months of the new Aged Care Act.

Aged care providers have welcomed the government's last-minute change to Medicare reforms that looked likely to result in GPs stopping support for aged care residents.

The department should regularly release wait times data, on a set date, that defines the different categories of people waiting to access aged care, says CEO Tom Symondson in a Q&A with CCR.

In a Q&A with AAA, Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson says the $30 for new beds is welcome but that it’s difficult to know whether more will be built given the nuance in land pricing and construction costs across different regions.

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The funding supports ACH Group, Estia, Amber Aged Care, Pennwood Aged Care Services and St Raphael's Home for the Aged to collectively create 268 new beds across five sites in Adelaide.

Estia Health has bought a 5,047 square metre corner block of land in Melbourne's east to build a 100-bed aged care home two days after announcing the acquisition of AnglicareSA's six homes in Adelaide.

Two in five older people living alone say cooking for one is simply unappealing while more than a quarter are skipping meals, according to a national research project from the Maggie Beer Foundation.

In this video, Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson tells AAA what's needed to improve Support at Home, residential care, financial sustainability and perceptions of aged care.

EXCLUSIVE: In this video, Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson tells AAA what's needed to improve Support at Home, residential care, financial sustainability and perceptions of aged care.