Home Care

St. Basil’s NSW/ACT’s three care services given individual identities

The Not For Profit aged care provider, which operates in Sydney’s east and was created by the Greek Orthodox Church, has announced improved food services, the expansion of its home care and community services operations, and revealed new logos. The...

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Caroline Egan

28 Nov 2024

Home Care

Home care management fees stay at 17% for six months, despite Govt plans for 10% cap

The Aged Care Act brought in by the Albanese Government includes the new Support at Home program, which will set a 10% cap for care management fees from 1 July 2025.

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Caroline Egan

28 Nov 2024

Government Policy

History made: new Aged Care Act to be law

The Aged Care Bill 2024 was passed by the Australian House of Representatives on Monday and will become law. The Weekly SOURCE reported on Friday the Aged Care Bill 2024 had been approved in the Senate after four amendments sought by Shadow Minister...

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Caroline Egan

25 Nov 2024

Home Care

Govt to release 83,000 Home Care Packages in 2025-2026 with 76,000 on the wait list

The Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Minister for Finance, Senator Katy Gallagher, revealed that 83,000 Home Care Packages are due to be released in 2025-26, the largest number released in a single year, in response to questioning from Shadow Minister for Aged Care Anne Ruston in the Senate last Thursday.

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Caroline Egan

25 Nov 2024

Opinion

Wheel of fortune: who wants a 40-year-old aged care facility?

If you needed proof that the aged care bed drought is real, look no further than the latest Operation of the Aged Care Act 2023-24 which came out on Tuesday (26 November). Page 112 of the 144-page report reveals that the estimated value of building...

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Lauren Broomham

28 Nov 2024

Government Policy

Calvary Health Care pulls out of SA’s My Home Hospital partnership with Amplar Health

Through the Calvary Amplar Health Joint Venture (CAHJV), Calvary Health Care and Amplar Health have delivered SA Health’s My Home Hospital service, delivering hospital care in the home. The service has been operating for three years and treated more than 17,000 patients, including 2,500 aged care residents.

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Caroline Egan

28 Nov 2024

Government Policy

The $18M contract to operate My Aged Care – the website with 56% customer satisfaction

The Department of Health and Aged Care has awarded digital consultants Liquid Interactive a $4.9 million extension on their contract to “operate and enhance” the My Aged Care website. The move takes the 2.5-year contract to an overall value of...

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Caroline Egan

28 Nov 2024

Aged Care

“We’ve got favourable winds”: Regis Aged Care Co-Founder Bryan Dorman’s departing words after 30 years

“I think we’ve got favourable winds for a few years ahead,“ he predicted at the meeting, which was held the day after the Government’s Aged Care Bill passed through parliament

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Caroline Egan

28 Nov 2024

Government Policy

Aged Care Bill 2024 passes Senate with bipartisan support after amendments

In a historic moment for the aged care sector and older Australians, the Aged Care Bill 2024 has been approved in the Senate. “We congratulate our elected politicians for putting older Australians and the future of aged care above party politics...

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Caroline Egan

21 Nov 2024

Government Policy

Govt’s rules timeline provides some certainty but little comfort for aged care providers

The Department of Health and Aged Care has released a timeline for the release of rules supporting the new aged care legislation, and the periods that the rules will be open for consultation.

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Caroline Egan

21 Nov 2024

Technology

EY awarded $620K contract to assess “digital maturity” of aged care sector

The Department of Health and Aged Care has contracted consultants EY to assess the “digital maturity” of the aged care sector with a view to developing benchmarks and informing future aged care reforms. “The Department of Health and Aged Care is...

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Caroline Egan

21 Nov 2024

Government Policy

Government scraps its controversial cleaning and gardening caps for Support at Home

The Albanese Government has announced a backflip on plans to impose a 52-hour per year cap on cleaning and 18-hour per year cap on gardening for recipients of Support at Home services. The plan, contained in the Aged Care Bill 2024 released for...

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Caroline Egan

19 Nov 2024

Government Policy

Aged Care Minister announces financial support for providers to help with reforms

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has announced Government support for aged care providers to help them implement the once-in-a-generation reforms that are due to take effect in less than eight months’ time. In Senate Inquiry hearings and submissions...

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Caroline Egan

17 Nov 2024