July 2022

When training for an upcoming fun run or other sporting activity, or during regular exercise, experiencing an injury is frustrating, maybe painful and potentially serious.

June 2022

In a joint statement Physiotherapy and Dementia, peak health bodies have united to draw attention to the critical importance of maintaining physical health, and its impact on improving mental health and wellbeing of people living with dementia.

May2022

With the federal election just days away, the Australian Physiotherapy Association is calling on the next government to commit to funding allied services for aged care residents.

May 2022

The new funding model for residential aged care, the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC), has been the subject of much scrutiny as its activation in October 2022 draws closer.

The new model boasts some promising improvements on the outgoing Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI), including a $28.20 increase (per resident, per day) in the base rate of funding, and the mandating of new minimum care hours.

April 2022

Integrating physical and mental health care, by connecting services and addressing health system gaps, must be a priority in tackling suicide.

May 2022

The Australian Physiotherapy Association has taken aim at the lack of specified allied health funding for aged care in the Federal Government’s proposed new funding tool, the AN-ACC.

March 2022

The rights of older people in residential aged care have been neglected for far too long. Basic rights of maintaining their physical and mental health, enjoying a decent quality of life and choosing who cares for them and how, are being left by the wayside.

March 2022

Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck has informed aged care providers they will no longer receive funding specifically earmarked for allied health services, such as physiotherapy.

March 2022

The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) has supported calls by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) for all levels of Government to develop a national plan addressing the growing and increasingly critical backlog of elective surgeries.

The AMA and RACS highlighted new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) data, showing Australians are now waiting longer than ever for essential surgery.

March 2022

Physiotherapy is the treatment of injury, disease and disorders through physical methods — such as exercise, massage, manipulation and other treatments — over medication and surgery.

Choosing a career in physiotherapy can be incredibly rewarding. In your daily work, you are helping people who have been injured to recover from or adjust to their conditions and live more independently.