Aged Care
Sector news and updates for delivery of services around aged care
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How do I calculate my residential respite funding under AN-ACC?
This fact sheet provides details on how to calculate respite care funding under the new arrangements under the AN-ACC (Australian National Aged Care Classification). The fact sheet can be found here...
Reforming in-home aged care
The Australian Government is returning to the timeframe put forward by the Royal Commission into Aged Care to deliver a reformed and improved in-home aged care program by 1 July 2024. This represents an extension from July 2023. Further details in the link below. The...
Quality and safety risks for in home services
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has highlighted some important risks for in home services in their July 2022 Bulletin and offers guidance on what home services should look out for when reviewing their performance. The bulletin identifies five areas of...
Guard against Covid this winter
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner Janet Anderson is urging aged care services to take all reasonable precautions to protect their workforce and consumers as Covid-19 impacts increase, alongside Influenza cases, this winter. Find more information in the July...
National Carers Survey open until 31 July
Every two years Carers NSW conducts a comprehensive survey to better understand what carers want and need. Have your say in the 2022 National Carer Survey! The 2022 National Carer Survey is now open! You can now complete the Survey online until 31 July 2022 at...
OPAN Free Webinar: Understanding Home Care Packages
The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) is holding a Free Webinar - Understanding Home Care Packages on 9 August. Home care packages are a government-funded option for care and coordinated support at home for older people across Australia. Packages are categorised...
The Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing invites you to Seniors Talk
The Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing is inviting members of the public to 'Seniors Talk'. Come along on 17 August from 9:30am -12:25pm in Port Macquarie to meet Mark Coure MP, the Minister for Ageing and other representatives. For more details email:...
Ability, ageing and dementia online training
The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement has a number of online training courses available in July. Access to the self-paced courses opens on Monday, 4 July and ends on Sunday, 31 July. To register follow the link: https://www.grief.org.au
Building skills in our aged care sector – free training
The aged care and disability sector is struggling to attract and retain quality people. There is a massive skills shortage, so the industry has come together to address these issues. It's identified a skill set to support supervisors and is delivering training. •...
Aged-care workers get wage rise
The Fair Work Commission has raised the minimum wage by 5.2 % and the modern award minimum wage by 4.6% for aged care workers. National Seniors Australia shares what this might mean for aged care workers and aged care recipients in a new article. The full article can...
Suicide prevention for seniors program – free training
If you work with older people and would like to learn how to help prevent suicide, the free Suicide Prevention for Seniors Program can provide the training you need. Run by Anglicare and funded by the NSW Government, the Suicide Prevention for Seniors Program consists...
Adaptive Ageing and Creative Arts Webinar
Join leading experts in creative and experimental arts as they discuss how these disciplines contribute to adaptive ageing research. This event to be held 1pm to 2pm, July 7 is co-hosted by the Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Initiative (University of Melbourne) and...
Free Aged Care Workforce Planning Tool
This workforce planning tool has been co-designed by ACWIC alongside aged care and workforce planning experts. The purpose of this tool is to help you to perform a gap analysis of your current direct care workforce so that you can plan your workforce more effectively....
Care for your ageing parents in their home or yours?
When your parent starts needing help with daily activities or isn’t safe living alone, you’re faced with a complex decision: should you move them in with you? In an article from The Dollar Stretcher, the journalist interviews Eldercare.com to understand the key issues...
How to protect yourself from financial abuse
Domestic and family violence isn’t always physical. It comes in many forms, including financial abuse. National Senior’s partner QSuper, now a part of Australian Retirement Trust, has prepared an article on the subject. Click here.