Ageing

Royal Commission Chair warns against “unintended consequences” of restrictions on aged care visits – calls on providers to use staff to provide ‘touch’ post image

Royal Commission Chair warns against “unintended consequences” of restrictions on aged care visits – calls on providers to use staff to provide ‘touch’

Providers should be required to collect minimum data set – but it will take 10 years to transform the system, panel says post image

Providers should be required to collect minimum data set – but it will take 10 years to transform the system, panel says

Health Minister Greg Hunt warns families not to pull loved ones out of aged care homes – as facilities told not to host childcare groups post image

Health Minister Greg Hunt warns families not to pull loved ones out of aged care homes – as facilities told not to host childcare groups

Counsel Assisting backs away from Commissioners’ new system model at aged care redesign hearing – Commissioner Pagone calls on sector to “fully engage” with Royal Commission post image

Counsel Assisting backs away from Commissioners’ new system model at aged care redesign hearing – Commissioner Pagone calls on sector to “fully engage” with Royal Commission

Federal Government drops plans to ‘privatise’ ACATs – will the Royal Commission be left to decide the fate of the assessment teams? post image

Federal Government drops plans to ‘privatise’ ACATs – will the Royal Commission be left to decide the fate of the assessment teams?

Greg Hunt backs away from Fed Govt plans to ‘privatise’ ACAT teams post image

Greg Hunt backs away from Fed Govt plans to ‘privatise’ ACAT teams

Fed Govt introduces Bill to move to paying home care providers in arrears – new system starts 1 June 2020 post image

Fed Govt introduces Bill to move to paying home care providers in arrears – new system starts 1 June 2020

Chief Medical Officer issues Coronavirus warning to residential aged care providers post image

Chief Medical Officer issues Coronavirus warning to residential aged care providers

Anthony Albanese comes out against Government’s plan to outsource ACAT assessments – Rick Morton questions if Government reform is “accounting trick” post image

Anthony Albanese comes out against Government’s plan to outsource ACAT assessments – Rick Morton questions if Government reform is “accounting trick”

Government opens applications for national trial of PainChek app – 15% RAC penetration rate post image

Government opens applications for national trial of PainChek app – 15% RAC penetration rate

Denmark passed a law in 2015 requiring older people to undertake reablement before receiving home care – delivering 60% success rate post image

Denmark passed a law in 2015 requiring older people to undertake reablement before receiving home care – delivering 60% success rate

Fed Govt announces $50M aged care Business Improvement Fund to improve systems and financial health – or get out post image

Fed Govt announces $50M aged care Business Improvement Fund to improve systems and financial health – or get out