4 key takeaways from the aged care report
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report has laid out an extensive plan to overhaul Australia’s aged care system. Among the…
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GP ban on aged care prescribing: ‘A simplistic, expensive recipe for disaster’
Is banning GPs from prescribing antipsychotics in nursing homes really a way to improve care? The Aged Care Royal Commission seems to think so, saying…
Royal Commission: Ban GPs from initiating antipsychotics in aged care
It says psychiatrists and geriatricians should be the only doctors to prescribe the drugs from November.
GPs risk being ‘pushed out’ of aged care under Royal Commission reform plan
AMA president Dr Omar Khorshid suggests a new voluntary accreditation regime for GP practices wanting to care for aged care patients.
3 ways to transform our ‘Soviet-style’ aged-care mess
Australia’s aged-care system is in sore need of transformation. This is becoming increasingly clear. If the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety —…
‘No clear plan’: Government’s COVID-19 response for aged care
The government lacked a clear plan for protecting residents, the Aged Care Royal Commission says.
Urgent aged-care coronavirus measures on the way
The royal commission is fast-tracking its recommendations on protecting elderly residents from the virus.
Call for national audit of aged care
The AMA has made the plea following the deaths of hundreds of elderly residents 'without family by their side'
Royal Commission calls for capitation for GP aged care services
However, the RACGP says its scheme could burden practices and undermine existing care.
We’re all to blame for aged care’s coronavirus tragedy
The way we care for older Australians lines up with the way we care for Indigenous Australians, Australians with mental illness and illegal immigrants. Each…
