- 21 Jun, 2023
Why do you really have a headache?
August 2022
Finding the cause of your head pain means no more suffering in silence.
- 21 Jun, 2023
Advice for the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce from health groups and experts
Aug 2022
The Federal Government’s new Strengthening Medicare Taskforce met for the first time last week, and released a communiqué outlining its key priorities and overall approach, as Croakey reported together with some insights shared by taskforce member Professor Stephen Duckett.
- 21 Jun, 2023
Australia lags on long COVID recognition
July 2022
Long COVID should be recognised as a chronic medical condition so more Australians can access appropriate care, health experts say.
- 21 Jun, 2023
When injury strikes
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.
- 21 Jun, 2023
Calls for timely and ongoing access to physiotherapy for people living with dementia
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.
- 21 Jun, 2023
AN-ACC threatens allied health services, says physio peak
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.
- 21 Jun, 2023
Sophisticated or insufficient? Stakeholders argue pros and cons of new AN-ACC funding model
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.
- 20 Jun, 2023
Bringing together physical and mental health is key to tackling suicide in defence
April 2022
Integrating physical and mental health care, by connecting services and addressing health system gaps, must be a priority in tackling suicide.
- 20 Jun, 2023
Aged care front and centre of physiotherapy campaign
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.
- 20 Jun, 2023
Government’s prescriptive funding of aged care services woefully inadequate
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.