The Hon Julie Bishop MP - Media Items

February 2005

28 February 2005

Extension another feather in Wearne cap

Leading Perth aged care home Wearne Hostel added another feather to its cap with the opening of a new 38-bed extension today.

24 February 2005

274,614 extra hours for Vic home and community care

Thousands of older and disabled people in Victoria will get hundreds of thousands of hours of additional home and community care services this year.

23 February 2005

Innovation in aged care benefits couples and disabled people

A new aged care home opened today by the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, includes moveable walls in some units to allow couples to live together if they choose.

21 February 2005

New initiatives lead the way to better aged care

Two initiatives designed to improve the care and safety of older Australians were launched today by the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, at the Joanna Briggs Institute at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

19 February 2005

New aged care respite centre opens in Southern Adelaide

A new $3.2 million, state of the art centre for providing temporary care to older people has opened at the Alwyndor Aged Care in Hove, in Adelaide’s south.

18 February 2005

Dementia – an Australian Government health priority

A $52.2 million funding package for research and improved prevention and management of dementia, has been announced by the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop.

18 February 2005

Champions in aged care

The Australian Government is recognising exceptional people working in aged care services whose ideas and actions are providing older Australians with innovative care and lifestyle activities.

18 February 2005

Home mechanics risk death or injury working under a car

Home mechanics have been urged to be very careful when working under a car, in response to new statistics on the number of deaths related to working on motor vehicles.

17 February 2005

Federal Government requires greater accountability from aged care providers

Providers of residential aged care will now be required to offer better training opportunities to staff and produce an audited annual financial statement to residents and prospective residents in return for a substantial increase in funding, the Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, announced today.

10 February 2005

New aged care places for the ACT

The ACT will receive 160 new residential aged care places in the latest allocation of subsidised places by the Australian Government.

10 February 2005

New legislation increases benefits for people living in aged care homes

Aged care residents will receive further support from the Australian Government enabling them to receive appropriate transitional care after a period in hospital.

04 February 2002

More aged care places for Katherine

Five new aged care places will become available in Katherine in the Northern Territory after the latest allocation of subsidised places by the Australian Government.

04 February 2002

More aged care places for Western Australians

Hundreds of new aged care places will become available in Western Australia after the latest allocation of subsidised places by the Australian Government.

03 February 2005

Qld Home and Community Care funding nears $250m

A boost of $23.8 million in funding for Home and Community Care (HACC) services in Queensland will provide an extra 100,000 hours in respite care, and more than 2.6 million meals delivered to the homes of older Australians and younger people with disabilities.

03 February 2005

Capital grant for Esperance aged care

Esperance Aged Care Facility has been granted more than half a million dollars in the Australian Government’s annual Aged Care Approvals Round.

01 February 2005

Quality aged care throught high–tech innovation

Aged care residents in a new home in the Brisbane bayside will be able to live in a safe and secure home environment with the assistance of new technology including electronic nurse-pagers and a state-of-the-art monitoring system.

01 February 2005

Caring for disabled adults when their ageing carers are gone

Ms Bishop, speaking in Brisbane, said a progress report on the first year of an innovative pilot project, funded by the Australian Government to help older carers plan their futures and those they look after, found that without a clear plan in place a person with a disability may be at risk of overwhelming grief and loss.