Opinion 2024 aged care report card: pass for residential care, home care a failure The final report card for the aged care sector looks very different depending on what services you deliver. Click here Lauren Broomham 18 Dec 2024
Government Policy Fed Govt to release 7,615 new Home Care Packages as 76,000 wait for care The Government will spend just $101.7 million on the new Packages ahead of the transition to the new Support at Home program from 1 July 2025. Click here Lauren Broomham 18 Dec 2024
Government Policy Breaking news: Fed Govt slashes $2.5B off aged care with new payments in arrears for residential aged care from 1 July 2026 With the Federal Budget slipping further into deficit over the next four years, the Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) 2024-25 has revealed the Albanese Government is looking to save on spending with aged care is in its sights. Presenting the... Click here Lauren Broomham 18 Dec 2024
Home Care Govt bows to pressure on delaying full implementation of Support at Home pricing In what appears to be another concession to its reform agenda, the Federal Government has revealed overnight that it will stage the introduction of price caps on services in the new Support at Home program over a 12-month period. Click here Lauren Broomham 13 Dec 2024
Aged Care 2024 Year in Review: Aged Care In this edition of our 2024 Year in Review, we look back at the most significant aged care stories of the year. Click here Caroline Egan 18 Dec 2024
Aged Care Australia’s residential aged care sector facing “crisis in care availability”: UARC The latest report from the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC) has reinforced the challenges facing the sector and Government in meeting the growing demand for new beds and tightening staffing requirements. The 134-page ‘Australia’s Aged... Click here Lauren Broomham 12 Dec 2024
Government Policy Is this the only way badly needed new aged care beds will be built? Wollongong Lord Mayor Tania Brown, through council general manager Greg Doyle, has written to NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully to consider a scheme to incentivise investment in residential aged care on the NSW South Coast. The... Click here Ian Horswill 18 Dec 2024
Sector Moves & People Janet Anderson out, new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner in The inaugural Commissioner of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Janet Anderson PSM, will depart the role next month after six years in favour of a new face. Click here Lauren Broomham 13 Dec 2024
Legal Issues Man has charges upgraded to include murder and manslaughter after death of aged care resident A man, 34, who broke into a residential aged care facility at Bateau Bay on the NSW Central Coast where he allegedly assaulted and sexually assaulted a 90-year-old woman on 15 November 15, 2023, has had his charges upgraded to include murder and... Click here Ian Horswill 18 Dec 2024
Sector Moves & People Which aged care provider has been awarded a $136M contract to conduct assessments under new Single Assessment System? The Department of Health and Aged Care has released details of contracts worth nearly $1.5 billion awarded to operators to conduct aged care assessments under the new Single Assessment System. The largest contract, worth more than $226 million, was... Click here Caroline Egan 12 Dec 2024
Opinion Is scale necessary for success in residential aged care? The latest data says yes The new ‘Australia’s Aged Care Sector: Full-Year Report 2023-24’ has confirmed what many in the sector already knew: big operators are getting bigger – and more efficient. The new 134-page report from the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative... Click here Lauren Broomham 12 Dec 2024
Development Opal HealthCare adds sixth storey to $100M+ care community co-located with Keyton retirement village Opal HealthCare, Australia’s largest residential aged care operator, has lodged a development application to build the 154-bed Ascot Grove Care Community at the retirement living developer Keyton’s Bernborough Ascot precinct in Brisbane. According to a Keyton... Click here Caroline Egan 12 Dec 2024
Technology The new weekly visitor to an inner-city Melbourne aged care home Abi, the humanoid companion robot developed by robotics start up Andromeda and uses GPT4 artificial intelligence to recognise faces and build relationships, will visit Benetas’ Gladswood Lodge aged care home in Brunswick West for two or three hours a week. Click here Caroline Egan 12 Dec 2024
