Hal Swerissen is the Deputy Chair of the Bendigo Kangan Institute. In a country like Australia, we all expect that when we get old, we’ll be able to rely on a robust aged care system. But aged care ...

Hal Swerissen is Deputy Chair of the Bendigo Kangan Institute for TAFE. There has been little new in pre-election promises for Australia’s aged-care workers, providers or the 1.3 million people who ...

Today marks the first day of the new fee structure for aged care. A lot is changing. Self-funded retirees and some pensioners will be expected to pay more, saving the government $12.6 billion over the ...

For 20,000 older Australians who have been patiently waiting for assistance to help them live at home, Wednesday's announcement that the government will immediately fund more packages is "very ...

The Australian government should immediately act on the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to improve rights protections for older people, Human Rights Watch ...

Click here to download an Easy-to-Read version of the report At that stage he couldn’t walk, only shuffle, he was very, very depressed, just crying all the time. And he couldn’t swallow… He would say, ...