The Australian Government announced it would establish Specialist Dementia Care Units (SDCUs) to support people who experience very severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). The Government committed to establish at least one SDCU in each of the 31 Primary Health Network regions. A detailed consultation paper has been prepared to seek stakeholder views on the policy design and implementation of SDCUs. The proposed arrangements in this paper have not bee

Imagine needing medical assistance in old age and being able to access that via a hologram. According to an aged care service, that reality could be just months away. The Silver Chain Group CEO has said that what used to be considered science fiction is fast becoming reality. Pointing to the omnipresent smartphone, Dr Christopher McGowan said technology has already become an extension of the human experience. “All our support staff, including support workers and nurses and ph

For those employers who missed the ATO's webinar on Single Touch Payroll Employer Engagement Forum here is the link: https://publish.viostream.com/app/s-b6zh81a This webinar goes for 6:15 hours, yes STP is big, so big that they didn't have time to answer all of the employer's question who attending the live session. So big it has been likened to the introduction of the GST. Thankfully for employers this time most of the hard work and heartache will be born by your payroll sof

It was great to catch up with everyone last week at Information Technology in Aged Care (ITAC 2017) Conference on the Gold Coast. We met up with lots of our existing and potential customers and were able to show our upcoming Single Touch Payroll features. I encourage everyone who would like to know more about our Single Touch Payroll release and strategy to contact me at Inerva Software on 1800 463782 #SingleTouchPayrollSTP #PayrollSoftware #AgedCareCommunityCareHomeCareNDISR

An Australian Government initiative, the Retirement Villages Care Pilot (RVCP ) has trialled the provision of flexible care packages into retirement villages in metropolitan, regional and rural locations across Australia. The evaluation found that RVCP packages deliver a more comprehensive range of services than Community Aged Care Packages, and are able to deliver service levels ranging from a low-level HACC service of one type of assistance up to that of a typical Extended

Aged care facilities were not always the most stylish of places, with some earning monikers like ‘God’s waiting rooms’. However, things have changed for this growing sector. Designed by architects Boffa Robertson Group and exterior detail architect Jackson Teece Architects as well as interior architectural practice, CHADA, the brief was influenced by research into consumer demands and future needs, as well a range of newly-available construction materials. For its part, CHADA

This was my opening statement on the podium at this year’s LEADERS SUMMIT. (Strangely nobody challenged me). Last Sunday however, I experienced an event that tells me villages may become irrelevant within three years, not five. I was visiting my daughter, a mother of two under the age of 20 months, and she had just installed a Google Home. They were talking to each other. Request: “OK Google, play some jazz”. Google Home “I have assembled a collection of Miles Davis. Is that

We have a trade stand at ITAC 2017 this week, if you are going then I recommend dropping by and seeing what is new at Inerva. We will be able to show how simple Single Touch Payroll (STP) will be for payroll staff using Inerva Software. We look forward to see our existing clients and showing off our software to new potenial clients. Information Technology in Aged Care 2017(ITAC 2017) is held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre 21&22 November 2017. This years th

Does brain training really work? Scientists say this is the only type that works 0 By Lauren Broomham on November 10, 2017Daily Life Health & Wellbeing Medical News Science The Brain We’ve all heard of apps and online courses that can help to improve our memory and cognition, but until now, there’s been no group to review these programs to show which ones work – and which ones don’t. Now Australian researchers have done a review of studies into brain training programs being m

The ATO is running a webinar information session for Employers on Single Touch Payroll. I highly encourage all employers to participate/listen to this webinar. Although some payroll software providers are well advanced in recreating the required features for STP, others haven't started. The biggest requirement for employers is to ensure their payroll software will be able to do Single Touch Payroll well before the 1/7/2018 deadline so they can get everyone who needs to be re