Newsletter: 29 March 2023

Six new quality indicators will need to be reported on by residential aged care providers, while Home Care providers will have their own reportable standards implemented soon too. 

Over 5000 healthcare workers in the aged care sector have lost their jobs due to the Government’s oversights during the reforms process and the grim numbers have prompted local workers and community advocates to gather in Canberra to mourn the job losses. 

The aged care sector’s maximum permissible interest rate (MPIR) will rise for the sixth consecutive quarter, reaching an 11-year high of 7.46% for new residents from April 1.

Staff burnout is common in the aged care sector, but new research from the University of Melbourne has discovered it’s not an isolated phenomenon, with half of Australia’s workers experiencing a ‘great burnout’ since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

While the departure from ACFI to the new AN-ACC funding model was marketed as removing the administrative burden from providers, closer examination reveals new challenges that are more complex and may stretch budgets more than the previous model.