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
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
Home Care Late March release of Support at Home detail leaves 62 working days for implementation The Department of Health and Aged Care has revealed that “advice on pricing will be provided before the end of the year ahead of more detailed advice by the end of March 2025” in a Support at Home webinar held last Thursday 5 December. The advice... Click here Caroline Egan 12 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
Government Policy Reform roadmap on the agenda for inaugural meeting of Aged Care Transition Taskforce The Aged Care Transition Taskforce (ACTT) has released a summary of what was discussed at its inaugural meeting, held on 28 November 2024. Members discussed the importance of having a central point of contact where the sector can communicate... Click here Caroline Egan 11 Dec 2024
Sector Moves & People Two key Dept architects of the aged care reforms are moving to new jobs Michael Lye, the Deputy Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care, and Nick Morgan, Assistant Secretary, Support at Home Reform, with the Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC) have new jobs in the public sector that will shift them away from aged care, only months before significant reforms are scheduled to be implemented. Click here Caroline Egan 11 Dec 2024
Technology Person Centred Software announces partnership with KPMG’s home care software platform Technology provider Person Centred Software Australia, which offers software for residential aged care and retirement living operators, has announced a new strategic relationship with KPMG Australia’s Community Care platform, which extends its digital offerings to home care. Click here Caroline Egan 11 Dec 2024
Home Care Support at Home clinical care gross margin increases of up to 200% and sacrifice of non-clinical low margin services essential for sustainable future: StewartBrown Respected aged care accountants StewartBrown will issue its latest Support at Home impact analysis tomorrow (Tuesday 3 December) – and it is a must-read. Click here Lauren Broomham 02 Dec 2024
Government Policy Aged Care Transition Taskforce members revealed The Department of Health and Aged Care has revealed the members of the Federal Government’s new Aged Care Transition Taskforce, which met for the first time last Thursday (28 November 2024). Click here Caroline Egan 05 Dec 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions Why we chose Mable as the cover for the final issue of SATURDAY for 2024 Tony Charara and Peter Scutt, the co-founders of the aged care and disability support worker platform, lead Part 1 of our special Innovators issue of SATURDAY – why? Click here Lauren Broomham 05 Dec 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions New competition law reforms to impact M&A in aged care sector 32 new Bills were passed by Parliament on its last sitting day (Thursday 28 November). Given the focus on the new Aged Care Act, the aged care sector could be forgiven for missing significant competition law reforms which are likely to impact a very... Click here Lauren Broomham 05 Dec 2024
