Yet again, privatised aged care is making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
5,500 workers underpaid. $11.7 million owed. Years of missed wages — blamed on systems.
This isn’t an error. It’s what happens when care is run like a business: cut costs, squeeze staff, apologise later.
We were told privatisation would bring efficiency. Instead, it’s delivered wage theft and worse care.
Public money. Private profits. Workers left chasing what they’re owed.

#agedcare #privatisation #auspol

https://www.9news.com.au/national/aged-care-home-to-pay-117-million-after-5500-staff-underpaid/47c4a964-3a84-4a67-abdb-458c08280728

'Staggering' crown land rent hike hits non-profit aged care provider
By Declan Bowring

An aged care provider in Sydney's north says a move by NSW Crown Lands has unfairly targeted them in an attempt to maximise returns for the taxpayer.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-01/aged-care-hit-with-five-figure-crown-land-rent-increase/106519420

#AgedCare #ClubsandAssociations #DeclanBowring

What happens when a frail aged person is valued?

Aged care institutionalisation is IMO sometimes the best available option.

Do some offspring take the opportunity of institutionalisation to get revenge and abandon their vulnerable aged parent to be warehoused?

If you are a parent you might want to consider the level of revenge-seeking in your family.

Abandonment to warehousing and putting a parent into an aged care institution can be different things.

#AgedCare #WarehousingOfTheAged

'Idiocy and dullness disease': How a 28yo pushed his community to rethink dementia
By Xiaoning Mo

Dementia is the leading cause of death in Australia and stigmas around the disease can delay diagnosis. But some in the community are at work to break taboos.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-28/dementia-is-australias-top-killer-most-miss-early-signs/106491576

#AlzheimersandDementia #AgedCare #PublicHealth #XiaoningMo

Agencies warn aged support services face cuts as fuel prices soar
By Stephanie Borys

The national peak body for aged care providers is calling on the federal government to provide urgent support to keep services running, as the Middle East war sends fuel prices skyrocketing.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-27/aged-support-services-face-cuts-as-fuel-prices-soar/106501222

#AgedCare #PetrolPrices #CommunityOrganisations #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalParliament #War #StephanieBorys

RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116280418811162708

#FedPol #MinisterRae #AgedCare New Aged Care algorithm. The federal government introduced new payments for services for people in Aged Care. However, that was not the only change. The new assessment tool is an algorithm, can’t be overridden by a human, randomly leads to worse care. It is unfair, inequitable. It doesn’t mention in this article but anecdotally, people in the system are already afraid to ask for an assessment.