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.

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Caroline Egan

12 Dec 2024

Technology

In our Innovators edition of SATURDAY: mecwacare invests $20M in digital transformation and AI

The use of real-time data monitoring and predictive data analytics is still relatively limited in aged care today. But operator mecwacare is looking to get ahead of the pack, having tapped global professional services firm Cognizant to help it integrate its IT systems and improve user experience.

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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.

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Caroline Egan

11 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).

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Caroline Egan

05 Dec 2024

Technology

Telstra Health wins second award for aged care risk-identification tool

Australia’s first electronic risk prediction tool for deterioration in aged care residents has won Research Australia’s Digital & Data Health Innovation Award for 2024. The tool uses natural language processing and machine learning to analyse the data and track 36 markers of deterioration.

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Caroline Egan

28 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

Technology

Aged care operators heading for “challenging time” as deadline for reforms approaches: Epicor

With the aged care sector anxiously waiting to see if the new Aged Care Bill 2024 passes Parliament this month, enterprise software provider Epicor is warning that operators need to be preparing now given the limited timeframe to transition to the...

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Lauren Broomham

14 Nov 2024

Home Care

In latest SATURDAY magazine: Mable’s role in Australia’s aged care system cemented with 650 new recruits a week

Mable’s offer of choice, flexibility and control for workers - and choice of support for customers - is making the peer-to-peer support worker platform a lynchpin of Australia’s aged care ecosystem. What role is the platform increasingly playing...

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Caroline Egan

30 Oct 2024

Technology

Telstra and Optus switched off 3G networks on 28 October

Telstra and Optus began closing down their 3G networks on 28 October 2024, with Telstra saying it will take about a week to shutdown their network, and Optus saying the process could take months. Devices that may be affected include phones...

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Caroline Egan

30 Oct 2024

Home Care

BESTMED launches purpose-built medication management for home care

BESTMED for Home Care will be available for demonstration at the ACCPA National Conference being held in Adelaide on 23-25 October. Home Care providers can register their interest here

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Caroline Egan

17 Oct 2024

Technology

Perth home care and veterans services provider TPG Aged Care’s systems hacked

In 2020, Anglicare was also hit by a ransomware attack, as was UnitingCare Queensland in 2021

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Caroline Egan

17 Oct 2024

Sector Moves & People

Altura Learning appoints Dr Roshmeen Azam as General Manager of Learning

The business, which has been at the forefront of creating high-quality video courses for the care sector for over two decades, has appointed Roshmeen to lead its efforts in providing clinical leadership for national and overseas distributed learning...

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Ian Horswill

03 Oct 2024

Technology

Not For Profit provider mecwacare taps Cognizant for digital transformation

The Victorian multi-service charitable provider has contracted technology consultants Cognizant to modernise and integrate its fragmented IT systems, with the aim of improving the digital experience of workforce, clients, and families. Jane Livesey...

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Caroline Egan

26 Sep 2024