Provider and consumer peak bodies are urging the Federal Government to increase the flexibility of the home care system to distribute packages based on assessed need rather than by funding level. Suzanne Greenwood In its pre-budget submission, Catholic Health Australia said government control over the number of packages at each of the four levels was contributing to a mismatch between need and supply. CHA’s chief executive officer Suzanne Greenwood called on the government to

ASA, in conjunction with Alzheimer’s Australia and Pro-Visual Publishing, has released the 2017 National Guide for Aged Care. This free, wall-mounted guide provides essential information and resources on topics such as: Antimicrobial Stewardship. Patient Handling and Transfer. Communicating and Supporting People With Dementia. Communication Around Dying. Sedative Use. Nutrition. The 2017 edition includes additional resources for aged care workers to access via the free Pro-Vi

Preliminary findings from a pilot project that aims to put residents in residential homes at the centre of care suggest the program has noticeably improved quality of life and satisfaction of care. A pilot project around person centred approach to care in aged care homes has noticeably improved quality of life and satisfaction of care (Source: Shutterstock) Over the past few months, a team worked with six providers, using two as a control, two receiving the four-week program

Note from the 1st meeting held on 17/2/2017 The Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Indigenous Health welcomed new members Ms Samantha Edmonds, Manager of Ageing and Aged Care Projects, National LGBTI Health Alliance Dr Stephen Judd, Chief Executive, HammondCare. The Minister asked for two new sub-groups to be established: Aged Care Sector Committee Diversity sub-group to develop the Diversity Framework, bringing existing frameworks under the one umb

New Residential and CDC Home Care fee schedule for 20/3/2017 has just been released. https://agedcare.health.gov.au/sites/g/files/net1426/f/documents/03_2017/schedule_of_fees_and_charges_for_residential_and_home_care_from_20_march_2017.pdf #CDCHomeCareConsumerDirectedCare #AgedCareCommunityCareHomeCareNDISRetire #news

Customers of the federal government's $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme will be able to pay for health services through a new platform to be rolled out by Westpac Banking Corp, which has taken a 10 per cent equity stake in payments firm InLoop. InLoop is the parent company of LanternPay, which has created a "digital wallet", or mobile application, that lets customers of government-backed medical services schemes monitor budgets. LanternPay pays service provider

Inerva announces in the March release we have an exciting new feature of automatically calculating the CDC Home Care consumers refund split between the Consumer's Portion and the Medicare Portion. It is also an option to have this refund amount printed on the bottom of the CDC Home Care Consumer's Monthly Statement. The idea of printing it on the statement shows consumers who haven't been spending all of their available funds that a significant amount will be returned to the

Just a reminder the LASA-Q Conference is on at the end of this month 29-31/3/2017. We have a trade stand in the exhibitors section, same spot as last year at the entrance to the exhibitors hall. We hope to catch up with all our current customers, show off our software to those looking to change software and meetup with industry acquaintances. Read more about the conference details at https://www.qld.lasa.asn.au/events #CDCHomeCareConsumerDirectedCare #PayrollSoftware #CHSP #C

The Aged Care Financing Authority review continues on Accommodation Bonds/Refundable Accommodation Deposits (RAD's) The government is in a hard place here, there is risk if one of the big player in residential aged care defaults. The government underwrites the repayments of these bond if an organisation defaults but can retrospectively charge a levy on the aged care industry as a whole to recoup to money the government has paid out. The government in the past has chosen not t

6 fantastic brochures all with 10 hard hitting questions each that prospective residents and their family should familiarise themselves with. I would recommend Aged Care organisations also familiarise themselves also so they can easily answer the questions. Read more about the brochures here http://www.10questions.org.au/index.html #AgedCareCommunityCareHomeCareNDISRetire #news