Wedderburn Aged Care

02/04/2026

26/02/2026

AGED CARE – LEVEL 2 - Starting Soon!

Ready to build on your skills and take the next step?

Aged Care Level 2 helps you deepen your knowledge and confidence for working in the aged care and support sector. Learn about safety, documentation, quality care and supporting individuals with respect and dignity.

A wonderful pathway into further study or employment in this growing industry.

📍 Wedderburn Community House
📞 5494 3489
🌐 www.wedderburnch.org.au
📧 [email protected]

All our courses are Pre-Accredited.

19/02/2026

Residents of a Victorian country town have taken over their aged care following its closure in 2019, but now have to work out how to run it.

Read story: https://ab.co/4aooIoh

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13/02/2026

05/02/2026

More than 3,000 patients are stranded in hospital waiting for discharge to a more appropriate aged care facility.

Read more: https://theconversation.com/with-a-shortage-of-aged-care-beds-discharging-patients-stranded-in-hospital-is-harder-than-it-sounds-274949

02/02/2026

Ageing Australia has warned that a critical opportunity to address hospital delays for older Australians has been missed.

The new National Health Reform Agreement did not include a previously proposed $2 billion investment to support timely transitions from hospital into aged care, despite mounting pressure on both systems.

As Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson said, “This was a rare opportunity for state and federal governments to work together to improve outcomes for the thousands of older Australians stuck in hospital for extended periods, but that opportunity has been missed."

Read the media release > https://ageingaustralia.asn.au/media-releases/golden-opportunity-missed-in-health-agreement/

11/12/2025

State health ministers will today enter their final meeting of the year with their federal counterpart armed with figures showing a 25 per cent increase in just three months of aged care patients stranded in hospitals.

25/11/2025

Need help understanding the Aged Care Sector and services. Hear from the Government Department first hand - Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Topics Covered in the session are:
Overview of aged care programs such as Support at Home, Residential Care and Commonwealth Home Support Program.
Accessing and navigating aged care system.
Additional supports such as advocacy, access and navigation and financial assessment, available for older Australians.
No registration required.

https://www.health.gov.au/news/a-new-era-in-aged-care?language=en

16/11/2025

16/11/2025

“Australia is currently building a fraction of the beds we need,” says Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson

12/11/2025

No surprises here!!!

We need 10,00 new aged care beds every year. We provided 800 last year.

“Recently, the headlines have returned to the same story, time and again: thousands of older Australians stuck in hospital beds who can't get into aged care.

Predictably, the shouting starts - states blame the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth points back to the states. And somewhere in the middle sits the aged care sector, cast as either callously unwilling or unable to help.

It’s a neat political soundbite. But it’s misleading. Nobody can deny that many older people who should move from hospital to aged care can’t, due to growing bed shortages, and we’re working every day to fix that. But the truth is more complicated than any press release might suggest…”
– Tom Symondson, Chief Executive Officer, Ageing Australia

Read more in The Australian >https://ageingaustralia.asn.au/extlink/tom/Tom%20Symondson%20Op-Ed%20The%20Australian.pdf