Aged Care Reform Conference 2020
Professor Julie Ratcliffe, The Caring Futures Institutes’s Better Systems, and Health and Social Care Economics research lead, will share her insights into aged care funding at […]
Archive Tag: Royal Commission into Aged Care
Most Australians willing to pay more tax to improve aged care
Most current income taxpayers would be willing to pay more tax to ensure high quality aged care for all Australians, according to landmark research from Flinders […]
Royal Commission suspended due to COVID-19
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has suspended all hearings and workshops until the end of May due to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. […]
The significance of quality of life in aged care
Caring Futures Institute research lead Professor Julie Ratcliffe reflected on the importance of quality of life to aged care consumers and their families at a Royal Commission […]
Research grant to improve quality and safety of aged care
A Flinders researcher has won a major health grant by the Hospital Research Foundation to improve the health and wellbeing of the aged care community. Dr […]
Towards inclusivity in aged care policy
Rachel Milte and Julie Ratcliffe wrote this piece for Community Care Review magazine’s summer 2019/20 edition. People with dementia are traditionally excluded from health economics research. Rachel […]
Royal Commission report suggests innovative approaches to improve aged care
Humanoid robotic helpers and ‘dementia villages’ are among a range of innovative approaches reviewed in a Flinders University report prepared for the Royal Commission into Aged […]
Handle with care: Caring for older people – getting the fundamentals righ...
As part of the BRAVE Flinders Research and Innovation lecture series, Professor Alison Kitson, Vice President and Executive Dean of the College of Nursing and Health […]