Source: Australia Wide (ABC Radio) | Reporter: Sinead Mangan
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his government will spend more than half a billion dollars on aged care, this follows the damning interim report into the sector from the …
new targets to stop young people with disabilities being placed into aged care
Source: Northern Health | Photo: Northern Health
Northern Health has partnered with the Summer Foundation to up skill our staff in how we work with the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme).…
The winners of the two Allen Martin Scholarships for 2019 were announced at the Allen Martin Memorial Lecture and Scholarship Announcement event, held on Wednesday 13 November.…
Source: The Estate Agent | November 2019
New website makes it easier for people with disabilities to find suitable accommodation.…
Source: Disability Support Guide | Reporter: Liz Alderslade
The Interim Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has recommended the removal of all younger people with disability from aged care and to stem the flow …
Source: The Wire | Reporter: Isabella Guzman | Photo: Pixabay
The Royal Commission released their report on aged care called “Neglect” this Saturday, in it they have described the Australian aged care system “unsafe” and “uncaring” and have …
The Summer Foundation, the Young People In Nursing Homes National Alliance and Youngcare welcome the Aged Care Royal Commission’s Interim Report, which was released by the government today. In its report, the Commission has accepted two important targets relating to …
The Summer Foundation Board is extremely pleased to announce the re-appointment of Dr Di Winkler as CEO of the Summer Foundation. Di is founder of the Summer Foundation, and was CEO from the organisation’s inception in 2006 until early 2018.…
Source: intheblack | Reporter: Jan McCallum
Australia has a long history of holding royal commissions, and they’re now being used to tackle complex social issues like aged care, domestic violence and more.…
You’re invited to the Summer Foundation’s Annual Public Forum
This year’s Summer Foundation Annual Public Forum comes at an important time. Systems must change to keep young people out of aged care. And these systems are being influenced and are …
The Summer Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Allen Martin Research Scholarship 2019, sponsored by The Rotary Club of Kew and Robinson Gill Lawyers.…
Source: Aged Care Guide | Reporter: Liz Alderslade
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hosted a panel of industry experts who are actively attempting to address the issue of younger people with disability living in residential aged …
Source: Sky News | Reporter: Andrea Crothers | Photo: Getty Images
The National Disability Insurance Agency’s boss concedes she’s not confident in the federal government’s plan to have young people out of aged care by 2025.
The admission heard at
Source: The Australian | Reporter: Stephen Lunn
The Morrison government’s “Claytons action plan” for younger people in residential aged care was symptomatic of a “distinct lack of leadership” on the issue, the Aged Care Royal Commission has heard.
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Source: 7 News | Reporter: Megan Neil
A federal government plan will not do enough to stop the pipeline of younger people ending up in aged care and help those already “lost” in nursing homes, a royal commission has
Source: HelloCare | Reporter: Caroline Egan
There is a “pipeline” of young people moving from hospital to residential aged care, and often other options are not even considered, the royal commission has heard.
Every week in Australia, on average …
Source: Government News | Reporter: Judy Skatssoon | Photo: Kelly Barnes
A health department bureaucrat has been asked by a royal commissioner to explain whether the 6000 young Australians with disability who are currently in aged care facilities have …
Source: 9 News | Reporter: Megan Neil
Younger people should not be in aged care facilities, a royal commissioner says.
The aged care royal commission has made it clear that people under 65 with a disability or medical condition should
Source: The Australian | Reporter: Stephen Lunn | Photo: David Crosling
Younger people living in aged care in Australia is a “significant human rights issue” which must be brought to an end, Disability Discrimination Commissioner Ben Gauntlett says.
Appearing at …
Source: 7 News | Reporter: Megan Neil | Photo: AAP
On the first night of James Nutt’s “sentence” in an aged care facility, the 21-year-old dropped his head in his hands and cried.
“I thought to myself: ‘I’m 21, I’ve …
Source: SBS News | Reporter: Rachel Cary
THE NDIA says is confident it will be able to significantly reduce the number of people under the age of 65 living in aged care, but when questioned at the Royal Commission into …
Source: The West Australian | Reporter: Megan Neil | Photo: AAP
James Nutt, 35, views his years in a nursing home as a “sentence”.
A number of younger people who are living, or have lived, in residential aged care will …
Source: Aged Care Guide | Reporter: Liz Alderslade
The Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has admitted to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety that the Younger People in Residential Aged
Source: Lakes Mail | Photo: David Crosling
MEMBER for Shortland Pat Conroy has today in parliament cited the experiences of local constituents in highlighting problems in aged and home care.
Source: The Courier | Reporter: Megan Neil | Photo: AAP
Young people with disabilities and chronic illnesses are being punished by being put into aged care facilities, a royal commission has been told.