Residential Aged Care and CDC Home Care information updated on Department of Human Services web site
This is a great site for information for providers of Residential Aged Care and CDC Home Care https://www.humanservices.gov.au/organisations/health-professionals/aged-care-providers #CDCHomeCareConsumerDirectedCare #AgedCareCommunityCareHomeCareNDISRetire #news
Architect Wins International Competition With Figure-Of-Eight Shaped ‘Looping Towers’
Milan-based architect Peter Pichler has won an international architectural competition for a concept to create a residential hub that promotes the benefits of integrated public amenity. The 35,000sq m scheme is proposed in the Dutch town of Maarssen and will consist of two L-shaped towers encompassing 260 apartments, connected by a running track and gym facing the Vecht river. Includes a Nursing Home Read more at https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/architect-proposes-plan-devel
Telehealth and Telecare expected to go mainstream with Virtual Personal Assistants (VPA's)
Virtual Personal Assistants (VPA's) are expected to go mainstream for Telehealth and Telecare in the near future. Think devices like Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple Homepod, once healthcare software and medical devices are built to connect to these off the shelf devices the cost of Telehealth and Telecare will significantly decrease and rapidly expand into the community to become everyday items for frail and sick people. This will allow people to keep their independence lo
2017 ACFA Annual Report released
The Aged Care Financing Authority (ACFA) presented its 2017 Report on Funding and Financing of the Aged Care Industry to Government on 26 July 2017. This is the fifth annual report on the funding and financing arrangements and key characteristics of the Australian aged care sector. Read the report to find out more about: scale and funding structures financial performance based on 2015-16 data commentary on previous and ongoing reforms future opportunities and challenges. The
New investigation into residential aged care costs come as new ‘user-friendly’ website is activated
The Federal Government’s announcement of a landmark investigation into residential aged care costs has coincided with the activation of GEN, a new aged care website. New user-friendly aged care website GEN activated coinciding with investigation into residential aged care costs (Source: Shutterstock) The Residential Aged Care Resource Utilisation and Classification (RUC) study will see an investigation into the comparative costs of providing residential aged care to older Aus
Home care fee arrangements under the spotlight
More than half of home care providers are charging consumers less than the maximum basic daily fee amount and 22 per cent are waiving the fee altogether, a new survey finds. The Aged Care Financing Authority survey of 370 providers also found 17 per cent of providers were not collecting the income-tested care fee from home care package clients. Small providers and those serving remote communities were less likely to charge the consumer fees, while for-profit services had high
