Month: December 2015

The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency has released the December 2015 issue of their ‘Quality Standard’ newsletter.

Read more:

Quality Standard – December 2015 (.pdf)

The Department of Health has released a new edition of its ‘Information for Aged Care Providers’ newsletter.

Information for Aged Care Providers – 1 January 2016 Special Edition (.pdf)

From all the staff at Management Advantage we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.

Thank you for your continued support in 2015 and we look forward to working with you all as we continue to develop Manad Plus even further in 2016.

We will be working over the holiday season, however we’ll be taking a well-deserved break on the following 3 days:

– Friday December 25th – Closed
– Monday December 28th – Closed
– Friday January 1st – Closed

This year at Christmas we have supported Médecins Sans Frontières and the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre Melbourne. We hope this can help both these organisations with their much-needed humanitarian work here and abroad, in thanks for all we have.

Department of Human Services have published a communique regarding intermittent issues that have been experienced in the Aged Care Online Services system.

Read more:

Aged Care Online Services – Intermittent System Issues (.pdf)

Thank you to everyone that continues to let us know we provide great support when you use our help desk. We really appreciate the feedback.

When you call or email it’s nice to hear that our support team of Ash, Melaan, Roshni, Jacquie & Andy are providing you with great support and assistance that you value.

Our 2015 stats are at a 99% satisfaction rating!

DoH have released a communique from DSS regarding the Carer Gateway.

Read more:

Department of Social Services communique – Carer Gateway (.pdf)

The Stocktake and Analysis of Commonwealth-funded Aged Care Workforce Activities Report includes 54 activities that received Commonwealth funding between 2011–12 and 2013–14 directly related to supporting the aged care workforce.

Read more:

Stocktake and Analysis of Commonwealth-funded Aged Care Workforce Activities – final report (.pdf)

DoH have released communiques that explain in further detail the provisions relating to the annual and lifetime caps, and responds to some general questions about the capping arrangements.

Read more:

Annual and lifetime caps – residential care (.pdf)

Annual and lifetime caps – home care packages (.pdf)

Media Release: 16 December 2015

A stronger compliance regime, including tough new fines, and better-targeting of funding will be introduced to protect the integrity of Australia’s residential aged care sector and the thousands of passionate providers delivering older Australians high quality care every day.

Minister for Aged Care Sussan Ley today announced that, for the first time, fines would be introduced for aged care providers caught making repeated false claims under the Government’s $10.6 billion Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI), which directly subsidises providers to deliver care services for residents based on their level of need.

Read more:

Stronger Compliance to Protect Integrity of Aged Care Sector (.pdf)

The 2015 16 MYEFO document was released on 15 December 2015 by the Treasurer, the Hon. Scott Morrison MP, and the Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon. Mathias Cormann.

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison announced that $472 million would be cut from aged care services and $595 million from health workforce programs, including aged care.

Read more:

Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO)

APPENDIX A: POLICY DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE THE 2015 16 BUDGET

2015-16 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook – The Bare Facts (.pdf)