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Just over six months remain until the new Aged Care Act and Support at Home program come into effect, and time is ticking as service providers prepare for once-in-a-generation changes.
Dianne Shepherd has spent 20 years watching older Australians run out of cash while sitting on million-dollar homes. She says Support at Home doesn’t close the funding gap and that aged care providers are building care plans on assumptions that won’t hold.
Aged care consultant Lynda Henderson helped design the Integrated Assessment Tool underpinning Support at Home. As a care recipient herself, she now questions how the system works in practice.
The Department of Health and Aged Care is stepping up to support home care providers as they prepare to implement the new Support at Home Program and the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
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