Category: NSW Aged Care

Wesley Mission to Close Three Sydney Aged Care Homes

Wesley Mission will close its remaining three Sydney aged care homes, citing problems with staffing, costs and national changes being rolled out for the sector. The decision will affect nearly 200 people living in its facilities at Sylvania in the south, Carlingford in the northwest, as well as its Narrabeen home on the northern beaches. The…


NSW Hospitals Choked With Elderly Waiting for Aged Care

Up to 30 per cent of patients in New South Wales (NSW) public hospitals would be better off in more appropriate facilities such as aged care homes, the health minister says. Hospitals are increasingly being filled with patients who could be treated by a GP, as well as patients waiting for a place in aged care and…