Newsletter: 9 October 2024

As the Department of Health and Aged Care moves into the next stage of quality indicator development for in-home aged care services, red flags have been raised regarding a key assessment tool currently being used in residential care settings. 

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has warned the Department of Health and Aged Care that the current star ratings system could actually mislead older people, citing the fact that non-compliance rarely influences a star rating as a cause for concern.

The Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) has received $13 million of funding from the Federal Government, spread over two years, to help the organisation begin a second stage of strategy focused on home care.

A joint submission to parliament from some of Australia’s most influential finance and accounting peak bodies has labelled the new Aged Care Act’s proposed funding arrangements “too complex” and incompatible with other Government policy areas.

Michael Verde returns to Australia this month for his Lonely No More tour, bringing his Memory Bridge workshops down under with the support of Dementia Support Australia, Community Home Australia and Dahlia Dementia Guidance and Support.