Ageing

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Direct links to news and updates relating to aged care currently available on our internet site.

In this section:

Latest mailfax advices
Latest mailfax sent by the Ageing and Aged Care Division of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing
Updated as needed

Residential Aged Care Sanctions and Notices of non-compliance
Information on facilities under sanctions action and notices of non-compliance, Ageing & Aged Care Division of the Department of Health and Ageing.
Updated weekly

Living longer. Living Better.
On 20 April 2012, the Prime Minister and Minister Butler unveiled a comprehensive package of reforms to build a better, fairer, more sustainable and more nationally consistent aged care system.
20 April 2012

Evaluation of the Consumer Directed Care Initiative
Consumer Directed Care is a form of care for older people that gives them a greater say in, and more control over, the design and delivery of community care services provided to them and their carers.
April 2012

Alzheimer’s Australia report on feedback received from older Australians, their families and carers through the national conversation on aged care reform.
8 April 2012

COTA report on national conversations on ageing.
6 April 2012

Information Sheets - Quality Care for Older Australians
Information Sheets concerning Residential Aged Care, Veterans and War Widow(er)s, Home and Community Care and the GST.
20 March 2012

Revised Residential Care Fees and Charges
Schedule of Fees and Charges
20 March 2012

Aged Care Complaints Scheme: complaint resolution toolkit now available
The Aged Care Complaints Scheme’s new complaint resolution toolkit is now available to help aged care industry effectively handle complaints and to support the introduction of the new framework for complaints resolution.

The toolkit aims to help providers understand their roles, responsibilities and involvement in complaints handling, the components of an effective internal complaint resolution process, and the Scheme’s role and new complaint resolution framework.You can access the toolkit online here: http://agedcarecomplaints.govspace.gov.au/toolkit.

We encourage you to subscribe to Aged Care Complaints Scheme News to receive an email alert whenever we publish new information on the site. This will also keep you informed when updates are made to the toolkit. To subscribe, enter your email address into the ‘Subscribe to updates’ box on the right-hand side of the website.
28 October 2011

Scoping study into Teaching Nursing Homes
In December 2010, the Australian Institute for Social Research (AISR) was commissioned to conduct a scoping study into Teaching Nursing Homes (TNHs). The final report on the scoping study and the accompanying discussion paper are released ahead of the commencement of the proposed call for project proposals to promote the teaching nursing homes concept and facilitate the establishment of innovative teaching and aged care models. These reports will be of interest to potential applicants and other parties involved in establishing such models. The reports describe the existing state of play in Australia and do not attempt to evaluate current practices.
5 October 2011

Quality Framework for the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program
Is available online in HTML and PDF format.

Protecting Residents’ Savings – arrangements for accommodation bonds
From 1 October 2011, there are clearer and stronger arrangements to protect residents’ savings held in the form of accommodation bonds (bonds). The arrangements clarify the intended purpose for bonds as a source of capital for investment in aged care infrastructure. They also improve governance arrangements for bonds and provide greater transparency and accountability for bonds.
30 September 2011

Client Pathway Analysis for the Demonstration Day Respite Pilot in Residential Aged Care Facilities (DDR) Initiative HTML version is now online.
A Client Pathway Survey was conducted in early 2011 as part of the evaluation of the DDR initiative. The survey gathered information on the pathways taken by clients into and out of the DDR service. Data was collected for a total of 232 carers, with the sample representative of the broader population of carers and care recipients involved in the DDR program.
16 September 2011

Aged Care Education and Training Incentive Program
The Aged Care Education and Training Incentive (ACETI) program will provide incentive payments to eligible aged care workers who undertake specified education and training programs.

Draft Revised Standards for Residential Aged Care
The Department has undertaken a review of the Aged Care Accreditation Standards and has developed a set of revised Standards in consultation with a Technical Reference Group. Initial consultation has been undertaken with the Ageing Consultative Committee and the Department is now undertaking further consultations with the sector through workshops across the country to be held in March and April 2011.

Residential Care Manual
The Residential Care Manual 2009, Edition 1 is now available online in PDF format.
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