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  1. As Australia faces an AI-generated future, a human rights act is needed more than ever
    By Julianne Schultz

    Without laws requiring transparency or a right of review, our human rights will be rationed away by algorithmic and automated decision-making tools

    theguardian.com/law/commentisf

    #HumanRightsAct #Agedcare #AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #Australianlaw #TheGuardian #JulianneSchultz

  2. Cost of SA's aged care 'crisis' revealed as stranded patients wait for beds
    By Stephanie Richards

    The South Australian Government spent more than $123 million last year on patients stranded in hospital waiting for aged care beds.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/sa-

    #AgedCare #PublicHealth #AmbulanceService #HealthPolicy #StateandTerritoryParliament #StephanieRichards

  3. Cost of SA's aged care 'crisis' revealed as stranded patients wait for beds
    By Stephanie Richards

    The South Australian Government spent more than $123 million last year on patients stranded in hospital waiting for aged care beds.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/sa-

    #AgedCare #PublicHealth #AmbulanceService #HealthPolicy #StateandTerritoryParliament #StephanieRichards

  4. Cost of SA's aged care 'crisis' revealed as stranded patients wait for beds
    By Stephanie Richards

    The South Australian Government spent more than $123 million last year on patients stranded in hospital waiting for aged care beds.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/sa-

    #AgedCare #PublicHealth #AmbulanceService #HealthPolicy #StateandTerritoryParliament #StephanieRichards

  5. Cost of SA's aged care 'crisis' revealed as stranded patients wait for beds
    By Stephanie Richards

    The South Australian Government spent more than $123 million last year on patients stranded in hospital waiting for aged care beds.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/sa-

    #AgedCare #PublicHealth #AmbulanceService #HealthPolicy #StateandTerritoryParliament #StephanieRichards

  6. Cost of SA's aged care 'crisis' revealed as stranded patients wait for beds
    By Stephanie Richards

    The South Australian Government spent more than $123 million last year on patients stranded in hospital waiting for aged care beds.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-12/sa-

    #AgedCare #PublicHealth #AmbulanceService #HealthPolicy #StateandTerritoryParliament #StephanieRichards

  7. Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding
    By Melissa Davey Medical editor

    Exclusive: FoI documents show senior health officials were warned of concerns about assessment tool weeks after it launched

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Health #Australianews #Agedcare #Laborparty #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #MelissaDaveyMedicaleditor

  8. Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding
    By Melissa Davey Medical editor

    Exclusive: FoI documents show senior health officials were warned of concerns about assessment tool weeks after it launched

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Health #Australianews #Agedcare #Laborparty #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #MelissaDaveyMedicaleditor

  9. Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding
    By Melissa Davey Medical editor

    Exclusive: FoI documents show senior health officials were warned of concerns about assessment tool weeks after it launched

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Health #Australianews #Agedcare #Laborparty #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #MelissaDaveyMedicaleditor

  10. Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding
    By Melissa Davey Medical editor

    Exclusive: FoI documents show senior health officials were warned of concerns about assessment tool weeks after it launched

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Health #Australianews #Agedcare #Laborparty #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #MelissaDaveyMedicaleditor

  11. 1/2
    Coway bidet toilet seat remote control holder.

    It is too big for the remote.
    The remote moves around when the button is pushed.

    (Thanks Coway. Your holder is not fit for purpose. smh. )

    I made a pad of expanded styrofoam measuring 71mm wide, 77mm tall and angled from ~6mm thick at the top to 7mm thick at the bottom.

    This will be put in the back bottom of the holder and held in place with double sided tape.

    #BidetToiletSeat #DesignFail #Coway #AgedCare #AgedCareInHome #Toileting

  12. 1/2
    Coway bidet toilet seat remote control holder.

    It is too big for the remote.
    The remote moves around when the button is pushed.

    (Thanks Coway. Your holder is not fit for purpose. smh. )

    I made a pad of expanded styrofoam measuring 71mm wide, 77mm tall and angled from ~6mm thick at the top to 7mm thick at the bottom.

    This will be put in the back bottom of the holder and held in place with double sided tape.

    #BidetToiletSeat #DesignFail #Coway #AgedCare #AgedCareInHome #Toileting

  13. 1/2
    Coway bidet toilet seat remote control holder.

    It is too big for the remote.
    The remote moves around when the button is pushed.

    (Thanks Coway. Your holder is not fit for purpose. smh. )

    I made a pad of expanded styrofoam measuring 71mm wide, 77mm tall and angled from ~6mm thick at the top to 7mm thick at the bottom.

    This will be put in the back bottom of the holder and held in place with double sided tape.

    #BidetToiletSeat #DesignFail #Coway #AgedCare #AgedCareInHome #Toileting

  14. 1/2
    Coway bidet toilet seat remote control holder.

    It is too big for the remote.
    The remote moves around when the button is pushed.

    (Thanks Coway. Your holder is not fit for purpose. smh. )

    I made a pad of expanded styrofoam measuring 71mm wide, 77mm tall and angled from ~6mm thick at the top to 7mm thick at the bottom.

    This will be put in the back bottom of the holder and held in place with double sided tape.

    #BidetToiletSeat #DesignFail #Coway #AgedCare #AgedCareInHome #Toileting

  15. 1/2
    Coway bidet toilet seat remote control holder.

    It is too big for the remote.
    The remote moves around when the button is pushed.

    (Thanks Coway. Your holder is not fit for purpose. smh. )

    I made a pad of expanded styrofoam measuring 71mm wide, 77mm tall and angled from ~6mm thick at the top to 7mm thick at the bottom.

    This will be put in the back bottom of the holder and held in place with double sided tape.

    #BidetToiletSeat #DesignFail #Coway #AgedCare #AgedCareInHome #Toileting

  16. Town wins fight to keep aged care community owned
    By Liam McNally

    A transfer of ownership of a community-owned nursing home to a national provider has been voted down at the last minute.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/res

    #AgedCare #RegionalCommunities #LiamMcNally

  17. Live: Are you struggling to access basic health care? Have your say
    By Annabel Bowles and Tessa Flemming

    Whether you are battling high costs, long distances or stretching waitlists, many Australians have told us that accessing health care is becoming harder than ever.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/you

    #Health #HealthPolicy #HealthcareFacilities #MentalHealth #WomensHealth #DentalCare #AgedCare #DisabilityAccess #AnnabelBowles #TessaFlemming

  18. Plan to keep older people close to family in search of funding
    By Peta Johansen

    Kilkivan and District Community Care Association Incorporated started the community hub with in-home care and a transport service, but now wants to build interim accommodation for seniors transitioning from large properties who are not quite ready for an aged care facility.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/kil

    #AgedCare #RegionalCommunities #Aging #PetaJohansen

  19. States fume over private health changes 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'
    By Stephanie Dalzell

    The states and territories set the stage for a showdown with the Commonwealth over its proposed changes to private health insurance rebates.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-09-04/hea

    #HealthPolicy #FederalStateIssues #AgedCare #HealthInsurance #StephanieDalzell

  20. Major aged care agency has licence suspended amid fears elderly at risk
    By Jessica Longbottom

    A staffing agency that has provided workers to aged care homes has had its licence suspended over claims it altered pay slips and deployed dozens of unqualified staff to care for the elderly.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-31/age

    #AgedCare #JessicaLongbottom

  21. SA government concerned over proposed health insurance rebate cuts
    By Leah MacLennan

    The South Australian government is warning proposed cuts to health insurance rebates for older Australians could lead to more people turning to the already struggling public health system.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-31/sa-

    #HealthInsurance #HealthPolicy #AgedCare #LeahMacLennan

  22. So let me get this straight, a 20sqm room in a for-profit aged care facility requires a $1.95m deposit and $10k a month in fees.
    And the cheaper $1.25m rooms? When residents die, they get renovated and re-listed for $1.65m.
    This is the market delivering for our most vulnerable. Aged care isn't about care anymore, it's about property speculation, cheap labour, and siphoning public money.
    Meanwhile, the bed blockers (a cruel term for frail older people) are stuck in hospital because they can't find a bed, even if they can afford a $750k deposit.
    This is what happens when you privatise essential services. Profit becomes the goal. People become the product. And the system becomes a nightmare to navigate for those who can least cope.

    #AusPol #AgedCare #PrivatisationFails

    theguardian.com/australia-news

  23. @andyjennings
    Sure, but it is indicative of the parlous state of #AgedCare in the hands of #ProfitMaking #Grifters — which is not to deride everyone in aged care, where I am sure well-meaning individuals in aged care provider businesses ought to extract some profit to *live* on (whether wages or salary).

    The definitive public discourse ought to be about #Grifters and large enterprises with questionable morals/ethics and of course the bigger issue of #StateCapture (private profits v social debt).

  24. “[The] recently departed inspector general of aged care, Natalie Siegel-Brown,[…] believes the system should be turned upside down to start with the outcomes we want, rather than the mechanics of funding and services: to put care first, help people stay at home and connected to their communities. This already occurs with the aged veterans’ care program.”

    While I concur 100% with her, there is no way in hell our govt (of any political persuasion) can ever do this while they are busy sticking gum here and there to hold the current systems together. Because that is all they will ever do. What then is the solution?

    If one believes that nothing will ever happen to make aged care, affordable and…, well, caring, the answer is to have a *quality of life* Will and an nominated *Power Of Attorney for Health care* mandating AD (assisted dying) when circumstances become intolerable for lack of healthcare support.

    The things we are forced to contemplate when irresponsible and deaf govts are in charge… btw, Agedcare **IS** Healthcare, there are no differences here.

    If anyone has a better idea, I’ll listen intently, cause I have a stake in this.

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #AusPol #Healthcare #AgedCare

  25. Older Australians weigh cost of changes to health insurance rebates
    By Sarah Buchecker and Grace Marshall

    The Coalition is concerned about further pressure on the public health system, as older Australians consider cutting private health insurance ahead of proposed rebate changes.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-30/pri

    #HealthInsurance #HealthPolicy #FederalGovernment #HealthcareFacilities #AgedCare #SarahBuchecker #GraceMarshall

  26. A $1.95m deposit and $10k a month: welcome to the for-profit world of Australian aged care where no one is a winner | Julianne Schultz
    By Julianne Schultz

    Like all the privatised care services, the business of aged care is about property, cheap labour and public money

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Agedcare #Australianews #TheGuardian #JulianneSchultz

  27. Interacting with a bank?

    Give them no information that you are not legally obliged to give them.

    Account holder has died & you have a recognised Power of Attorney?

    Don't tell the bank about the death unless you are legally obligated to.

    Account holder has reduced capacity & you have a recognised Power of Attorney?

    Don't tell the bank unless you are legally obligated to.

    The bank will screw people over if in their best interest.

    #Banks #Banking #TIL #POA #AgedCare #DementiaCare #OldAge

  28. Specialist care replaces hospital trips for aged care residents
    By Kelly Fuller

    Thousands of aged care residents are avoiding trips to hospital as specialist clinicians bring treatment directly to them.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/age

    #AgedCare #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EmergencyCare #KellyFuller

  29. 'Pretty remarkable' man living with MND for 29 years after diagnosis
    By Sarah Richards

    The Queensland grandfather was diagnosed with motor neurone disease 29 years ago. He celebrated his 90th birthday last month.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/joh

    #MotorNeuronedisease #PeopleWithDisability #AgedCare #SarahRichards

  30. Why can't clinicians override inaccurate algorithm decisions?
    By Anne Connolly

    If the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/ind

    #AgedCare #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #RoyalCommissions #Health #CommunityandSociety #OlderPeople #Carers #LawCrimeandJustice #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #AnneConnolly

  31. Previous migration policies 'taking the p*ss' warns migrant rich-lister
    By Nassim Khadem

    There are divergent views among business leaders, from migrant and non-migrant backgrounds, about the impact of planned immigration cuts and the types of migrants that should be allowed into Australia.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/bus

    #MigrationPolicy #Immigration #SmallBusinesses #EconomicGrowth #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #HousingConstructionIndustry #PopulationGroups #AgedCare #NassimKhadem

  32. @treleanor While it's great to see attention on malnutrition in aged care, the root of the problem lies in the privatisation of the system. The focus on cost-cutting has led to seniors being treated like numbers, not people, and now we're turning to lupins, which feel more like livestock feed than proper nutrition. Real care means investing in quality meals and support for the elderly, not finding the cheapest solution. #malnutrition #agedcare #privatisation #elderlycare #qualitycare #costcutting #seniorhealth #nutritionmatters #lupins #dignityforall #healthoverprofit

  33. CW: Private school funding increased twice as much as public schools’ in decade after Gonski, data shows

    Like #robodebt #agedcare #big4 everyone knows/knew what was/is going on stinks but oddly enough none of our federal ministers thought or think so.
    #auspol #education
    theguardian.com/education/2023