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A BOLD plan to deliver better services for young people confined to nursing homes was outlined at a meeting in Parliament House last week.

ELDER abuse was rife in Australia but often swept under the carpet, an Aged and Community Services Tasmania summit was told yesterday.
 

PREMIER Peter Beattie yesterday demanded the Federal Government "name and shame" nursing homes which had failed to meet tough new fire safety standards.

But it was later revealed 12 of the homes are actually State Government-owned.

Untrained aged carers are regularly being assaulted, abused and overworked while looking after residents in nursing homes, an ANU study has found.

The Australian Nursing Federation today expressed extreme disappointment at comments made yesterday by the Minister for Ageing Senator Santoro blaming state based pay rises sought by public sector nurses for staffing shortages in residential aged care.

A HUGE American firm that provides home-care services to the elderly is set to expand in Australia, raising perplexing questions about the limits of outsourcing. It turns out the firm, Home Instead Senior Care, is especially called on in the 10 countries where it is established to provide paid companions to lonely old people.

THE Federal Government has announced funding for more than 28,000 new aged care places across Australia.

POLICE checks on more than 100,000 nursing home staff are anticipated as part of a crackdown against sexual assaults on elderly patients.

SWEEPING reforms of Australia's aged-care system, including a means-tested voucher system and an increase in private money paying for beds, are urgently needed to avoid a financial "train wreck".