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• Culture Awareness
• · Government
Peak bodies unify to create ten key principles for the future of aged care
Six aged care consumer and carer peak bodies have banded together in a bid to outline their shared vision for aged care in the future that will improve quality care for older people in Australia.

• Finance
• · Government
ROYAL COMMISSION: Lacking regulation and future funding changes
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety held seven days of hearings, running from 14-18 and 21-22 of September, covering how the aged care funding system developed, regulation issues...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Senate Committee critical of Government response to COVID-19 in aged care
A COVID-19 Senate Select Committee was held on 21 August, to receive evidence from aged care officials about the Government response to the coronavirus in aged care, leaving a few committee members...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
ROYAL COMMISSION: Innovative housing and barriers to accommodation
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety held two days of hearings last week, running from 13-14 August, in Sydney investigating accommodation and design in aged care.

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
ROYAL COMMISSION: Aged care wasn’t prepared for COVID
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety held hearings, running from 10-13 August, covering the impact of COVID-19 on the aged care sector and how the Australian Government and the...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Victorian aged care facilities transitioning to single site operations
COVID-19 has exposed the issues of employees working across multiple aged care facilities during a pandemic after a few aged care workers carried the coronavirus between different nursing homes in...

• Education & Training
• · Finance
Aged care is complicated but diverse legal and financial advice can help
SPONSORED STORY – Aged care can be complex to navigate, especially when making decisions, which is why integrated financial and legal assistance can greatly benefit older people and their...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Royal Commission will cover COVID-19 response and system failures
Royal Commissioner, Tony Pagone QC, has highlighted that the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will be covering the impact of COVID-19 but wants to rein in public expectations around...

• Allied Health
• · Government
ROYAL COMMISSION: Mental health, oral health and allied health
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety held its first hearings last week since their postponement due to COVID-19, which covered mental, oral and allied health services and the...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
​New Service Compliance Rating for providers rolled out on My Aged Care
As of 1 July, a new Service Compliance Rating has been launched in a bid to provide transparency to consumers around the quality of care and services of residential aged care facilities.

• Education & Training
Hearing your customer
OPINION – As we progress with consumer choice in aged care it is increasingly important to ensure you are hearing the voice of the customers. But who are your customers, how do you collect their...

• Finance
• · Government
Home Care Package pricing tool to assist provider transparency requirements
Aged care peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), has developed a Home Care Package (HCP) Pricing Tool which will optimise value for HCP customers and help home care providers remain...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Review of Industry Code for Visiting Residential Aged Care Homes put on hold
The signatories of the Industry Code for Visiting Residential Aged Care Homes have decided it is still too early to tell if the Code has been effectively implemented across the sector and will need...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Two weeks in – Aged Care Industry Code reflection and questions answered
The Industry Code for Visiting Residential Aged Care Homes has mostly been adopted by a majority of aged care providers since it was introduced over the last two weeks, according to panellists taking...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Two weeks inside an aged care facility during an active COVID-19 lockdown
There have been a lot of stories from the Department of Health and Federal Government about how the aged care sector has coped with the current coronavirus pandemic and related visitor restrictions,...