Industry News

Home care providers have seen some of their burning Support at Home questions answered with the Department of Health and Aged Care responding to the top queries from a recent webinar.

Care minutes totals have bounced back after a seasonal holiday dip in the latest industry analysis from Mirus Australia but there is reason to take stock of AN-ACC management styles as the age of AN-ACC reclassifications continues to rise.

Home care providers are heading into a transformational period and Sydney-based Proveda is already riding the wave of momentum after rebranding to better reflect its growing influence.

There have been seismic shifts in the leadership space with Dementia Australia securing a major leadership coup and COTA Australia bringing in a former Liberal minister to chair its board.

Just as door for the Aged Care Act consultation period was expected to slam shut, the Government has extended consultation for a further three weeks.

Debate continues over the release of the Aged Care Taskforce’s final report, presented to Government in December 2023, with their recommendations yet to be officially announced but the Government says there have been no delays.

The first quarterly sector performance report for the 2023-24 financial year has been released by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. There’s positive news right off the bat: there is a significant improvement in the number of fully compliant aged care providers.

Australia has a new Age Discrimination Commissioner following the announcement that the current New South Wales Ageing and Disability Commissioner, Robert Fitzgerald AM, will fill the vacated role.

In its efforts to overcome ongoing workforce challenges, Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution (RFBI) has expanded its recruitment strategy both locally and internationally.

Aged care providers have less than two weeks to preview the latest update to Star Ratings in the GPMS before those changes go public via My Aged Care.