The Integrated Assessment Tool assesses aged care needs to determine eligibility for government-supported aged care services. The tool uses an algorithm that analyses a survey and automatically ...

Graham Crossan is 80 and has late-stage motor neurone disease, but has lost an appeal for higher support funding. His wife Gaynor was shocked at the assessment, which was initially made by an ...

Experts are calling for a major overhaul of health and aged care systems to accommodate rising numbers of older people.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every welfare program negotiates a fundamental tension: between fiscal responsibility and consistency on one hand, and care for ...