Legislation regarding GST-free supply of disability supports under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has been updated. The Determination commences on 1 July 2017 and applies to supplies made on or after 1 July 2017 which are made on or before 30 June 2021. Providers should note that a support must be listed in a service agreement if it is to be supplied GST-free. This is a requirement under the NDIS Terms of Business and payment assurance purposes. Read more at

What are the proposed changes? The proposed changes are as follows: clarifying that re-painting of external surfaces once every 10 years is capital maintenance requiring copies of a village's insurance policy documents be available to residents a new 'average resident comparison figure' in the Disclosure Statement to facilitate more effective comparison between villages reducing the maximum amount payable for an operator’s legal and other expenses to $50 adding new matters fo

Lengthy inquiry recommends consideration of nursing requirements, publication of staff ratios and efforts to tackle pay in aged care. The Commonwealth should look at introducing minimum nursing requirements for all aged care facilities, a Senate inquiry into the sector’s workforce says. The inquiry also recommends the government require aged care providers to publish their staff-to-client ratios in order to facilitate greater choice for seniors. The Senate’s community affairs

The Department of health has asked the following to submit experiences on the Commonwealth's Aged Care Quality Regulatory processes: consumers their families carers aged care organisations staff of organisations other professionals in the aged care sector and related sectors. Submissions close 24 July 2017, further information can be obtained from https://agedcare.health.gov.au/quality/review-of-national-aged-care-quality-regulatory-processes #AgedCareCommunityCareHomeCareNDI

For the latest information on the financial reporting requirements for Residential Aged Care and CDC Home Care https://agedcare.health.gov.au/programs/residential-care/changes-to-financial-reporting-arrangements-for-residential-and-home-care-providers The latest forms and Guidelines https://dss.formsadministration.com.au/dss.nsf/DSSForms.xsp #CDCHomeCareConsumerDirectedCare #AgedCareCommunityCareHomeCareNDISRetire #news

The Fair Work Commission has increased the minimum wage by 3.3% to $18.29 per hour from 1/7/2017. The minimum weekly wage will be $694.90. #CDCHomeCareConsumerDirectedCare #CHSP #NDIS #AgedCareCommunityCareHomeCareNDISRetire

Just when the aged care industry thought it had clarity on future financial reporting requirements, the Department of Health has announced a back flip on one of its previously announced requirements. Late last year the Department announced a draft of new financial reporting arrangements for residential aged care and home care package providers. They have now changed the audit requirements for one of the elements. The change The Annual Prudential Compliance Statement (APCS) wi

Aged care facilities will be surveyed for accreditation using a new online system starting this month, in an effort to prevent sub-standard facilities from falling through the cracks. Aged care facilities will be able to compare their accreditation performance against regional and national benchmarks under the new accreditation system (Source: Shutterstock) Surveyors from the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency will be conducting accreditation performance reviews using a new

ACFA concluded that the bank guarantee, private insurance and pooled insurance options are either likely not to be viable. That the benefits of any scheme must outweigh its cost and that no organisation should allowed to opt out of a national scheme. The options left are: 1 Retain the existing Scheme, noting that the decision to implement a retrospective levy on providers following a default event rests with the Minister; 2 Retain the existing Scheme, but automatically trigg