Federal Aged Care Minister Sam Rae was heavily questioned in parliament yesterday for delaying the release of 83,000 new home care packages, from July 1 to November 1. In March 2025, more than 289,000 ...

The budget committed an ­additional $3.7bn over four years to aged care, including to incentivise the construction of 5000 residential aged-care beds a year and providing $1.1bn to fully cover the ...

Kathleen Whelan solely cares for her 79-year-old husband Alan, who has progressive supranuclear palsy and uses a walker and wheelchair. Ms Whelan, a retired nurse, says he needs help toileting and ...

Pip Cardno did not realise how prophetic her words would prove to be. After her husband David, who had bladder cancer, was ...

It comes after Tuesday’s budget contained no extra Support at Home packages. However the government confirmed on Wednesday that it will release 32,000 packages in 2026-27, as part of previous funding ...