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Living with Dementia

Community Home Australia to expand Aashaya Jasri Resort in Bali, Indonesia

Innovative Canberra-based dementia care specialists Community Home Australia (CHA), along with PT CHA International Resorts, has announced the acquisition of a 4,000sqm parcel of land adjoining their Aashaya Jasri Resort in Bali.

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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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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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Aged Care Minister open to increased reporting on home care waiting lists

Aged Care Minister has indicated to ABC radio Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has indicated she supports regularly publishing data on how long older Australians are stuck waiting for Commonwealth-funded aged care supports. The latest data – made...

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Sector Moves & People

KPMG the latest business recruited to help Govt improve its Star Ratings

Dr Rodney Jilek, co-founder of innovative dementia care specialists Community Home Australia, identified problems with the Star Rating system at the beginning of the year. In August, he appeared on the ABC’s 7.30 program saying homes failing to meet...

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Home Care

DoHAC head writes to home care customers warning of price rises

The Deputy Secretary for the Ageing and Aged Care division at the Department of Health and Aged Care, Michael Lye, has all written to all 275,000 recipients of Home Care Packages warning them providers are likely to be increasing prices in the coming months to reflect wage rises coming into effect on 1 January 2024 and 1 October 2025.

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“Outrageous” Govt knew home care wait times would blow out to six months: Anne Ruston

With ACAT approvals for Home Care Packages (HCPs) surging 21% in nine months and the HCP waiting list already at seven months, the Department of Health and Aged Care chose to release only 24,100 in the 2024-25 Federal Budget, expecting wait times to...

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Aged Care

Complaints about resident falls rise: Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

Falls in residential aged care have not declined in the two years that Quality Indicator data has been collected, according to the most recent figures, while the Sector Performance Report Q4 2023-24 showed complaints about falls increased...

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Aged Care

TLC Healthcare to provide staff free pads and tampons in $550K a year program

In an Australian first, staff of TLC Healthcare will now have access to free pads and tampons as 200 dispensers are installed in all 12 of the private operator’s residential aged care homes, in their medical centres, early learning centres, health...

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Aged Care

Regional NSW Council losing $7,700 a week keeping a 16-bed aged care facility open

The Mayor of the Upper Hunter Shire, Maurice Collison, has written to the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler, asking for “immediate and ongoing” assistance to keep 16-bed Gumman Place Hostel, in Merriwa, 273km north west of Sydney...

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The 10 amendments the Opposition wants to make to the Aged Care Bill 2024

Today, Shadow Minister for Aged Care Senator Anne Ruston on behalf of the Opposition has tabled 10 amendments to the Aged Care Bill 2024 in the Senate.

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20 Nov 2024

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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