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Benetas has announced the appointment of its new Chair Julia Pryor.

Artificial intelligence-powered robot Abi will return to Benetas residential aged care homes following a successful trial of the technology earlier this year.

Anglicare Australia has released a report today, Life on the Wait List, which highlights that older Australians are spending months without support while they wait for care at home.

Benetas has welcomed the bipartisan agreement between the Albanese Government and the Opposition that will see the introduction of the new Aged Care Act into Parliament.

New research by not-for-profit aged care provider Benetas has confirmed that technology use among senior Australians is widespread and a key to them keeping connected, despite what popular culture would have us believe.

Six Benetas aged care homes will take part in a world-first study, run by the Victorian Department of Health, to see if invisible ultraviolet light can decrease the impact of COVID-19 and flu in aged care settings.

Benetas has partnered with Andromeda Robotics to trial the use of an AI-powered robot to engage residents at St George’s aged care home in Altona.

Anglicare Australia has today released its Rental Affordability Snapshot which highlights that the rental market is failing older Australians.

Benetas welcomes the release of the Aged Care Taskforce’s report and urges the government to implement the changes quickly to support a fairer and more equitable aged care system.

As an industry, we are all acutely aware of the impact that workforce shortages have had on our sector’s ability to meet the growing demand of an ageing population. Benetas is exploring other ways to address workforce issues, by focussing on how we can help our team members to build a career with us.

As an aged care sector, we are seeing first-hand the impacts of workforce issues on our ability to employ and retain quality and credentialed aged care workers.