Level 5 home care packages and fee changes amongst Tune recommendations
The long-awaited aged care legislative review led by David Tune AO has been tabled in Parliament...
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Latest news
AISC Chair Prof John Pollaers to lead aged care workforce strategy
Professor John Pollaers has been appointed Chair of the aged care workforce strategy taskforce, in a move that highlights just how seriously the Government is taking concerns about future staffing of the industry. The former...
Industry responds to aged care review
The industry peak bodies have expressed collective disappointment in the Government for ruling out changes to the annual and lifetime caps, as well as including the full value of the owner’s home in the means test for...
Additional home care packages and MAC upgrades
The Government has announced an additional 6,000 home care packages will be made available to support older Australians with higher care needs in response to the aged care legislative review. The announcement follows the public...
ACFA report reveals few surprises as industry awaits storm of change
It is almost a week since ACFA released its annual report for the 2015-16 year and the response from industry has been somewhat quiet. The most detailed review we have seen came from Catholic Health Australia, in which Nick...
Business
Japara announces FY17 EBITDA of $60.2m but shares still drop
Japara Healthcare Limited has announced its results for the year ended 30 June 2017, achieving...
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IntegraPay joins forces with Beyond Bank Australia to expand services
Payment specialist IntegraPay and Beyond Bank Australia have announced a unique collaboration through which clients can now access e-commerce solutions including payments through websites, videos or phone transforming...
St Ives appoints new COO to lead expansion
St Ives Home Care is preparing to expand its business offerings nationally, following the appointment of David Cox as its new Chief Operations Officer…
RSL Care + RDNS option to buy Estia operations
RSL Care + RDNS are understood to be in discussions with Sentinel Property Group to take over operations at Estia Health. Sentinel, which now owns just under five per cent of Estia, issued an update to its investors last week...
Technology
AlayaCare home care technology signs up national provider St Ives
St Ives Home Care and home care software provider AlayaCare have announced a new partnership,...
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Tech takes over health checks at Thomas Holt
Robots assisting with laundry, automated health checks and improved connectivity with carers and family are just some of the features in what is tipped to be…
Read MoreNDIS payments not in scope for new digital payments platform
Aged care providers that offer NDIS services are likely to still have to use two different payment systems even after the new digital payment platforms are rolled out.
Read MoreOverhaul of aged care payments systems begins with IT briefings
The Department of Health will hold two market briefings this week with IT providers as it investigates options for replacing the system currently used to deliver aged care, Medicare and other Government payments.
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PROPERTY & DESIGN
New take on specialist disability accomodation
A new apartment building in Queensland will provide specialist disability accomodation for people aged under 65 who would otherwise be living in residential aged care. It is the first of 120 new high-need independent living...
Designing for dementia care: what you need to know
Nobody likes to spend additional dollars after a building project has been completed. Changing the design because it doesn’t work is not only often impossible but also costly, inconvenient and frustrating when the design should...
Work begins on Sacred Heart Mission’s new campus of care
Work has commenced on a new development in St Kilda that will provide a new form of ‘supported rooming housing’ for people who are not yet ready for residential aged care. Known as Project 101, Sacred Heart Mission’s new ‘campus...
BaptistCare, Uniting, St Vincent de Paul share in housing fund
BaptistCare has lodged an application to build 18 one-bedroom and two double-bedroom units in its Clinton Place development in Goulburn. The expansion will be partially funded by the NSW state government to help ease the current...
Clinical
New funding to support people who wish to die at home
Primary Health Networks will receive $8.3 million in extra funding to coordinate people’s end of...
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New COPD education program for nurses
A new educational program has been launched by NPS MedicineWise to support nurses and other health professionals with patients who have COPD.
How nutritional is the food you’re serving?
What should a residential care facility expect of a menu review conducted by an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) now that the Menu Audit toolkit is available?
Positive impact of low vision aids and tech deserves funding: report
The Macular Disease Foundation Australia is calling for a federal funding to enable more people to access low vision aids and technology to improve their quality of life. ‘Low Vision, quality of life and independence: A review...
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