In this edition:
• Commissioner’s message
• Quality aged care requires a partnership
• Preparing your aged care service for winter
• Incident management system essential element #3 – Record and report the incident
• NDIS registration renewal for providers supporting NDIS participants
• Enriching life through care – Board chair and CEO roundtables
• Speaker requests can now be submitted online
• New and updated Commission resources
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In this edition:
• Recording available – Winter Preparedness Webinar
• New resources – COVID-19 Winter dose program in residential aged care
• REMINDER: Webinar on Upcoming Changes to Provider Reporting on Resident and Workforce COVID-19 Vaccination
• Support for Aged Care Workers in COVID-19 Grant Opportunity
• Victorian Department of Health – Use of Air Scrubbers
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Protecting Older Australians: COVID-19 Update – 22 April 2022
News about the reforms:
• Updates on AN-ACC funding reform
• Have your say: employment models in aged care
• New Governing for Reform in Aged Care Program
Other news:
• Webinar: Making a difference in dementia care
• Reminder: Have your say on aged care research priorities
• Translating and interpreting services available for aged care providers and care recipients
• Open Arms support services for veterans
For residential care providers:
• DUE 21 April: Submit your next Food and Nutrition report
• Information for providers using Services Australia’s Aged Care Online web services
For home care providers:
• Growing the home care workforce
• Changes to My Aged Care: Pricing information
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The Prime Minister has announced a 21 May 2022 federal election and as such the Department of Health is operating in accordance with the caretaker conventions.
The emergency leave provision for permanent aged care residents has been extended for an additional 12 months, until 30 June 2023.
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Emergency leave for aged care residents extended to 30 June 2023
In this edition:
• Editorial
• Case #1: Don’t fall for it: Fall injuries in the older person are serious
• Case #2: Tunnel vision strikes again
• More on the Matter: From up high or down low
• Expert Commentary: The trips and traps of falls
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A list of new and updated resources – including apps, audio and video resources and other publications – about aged care.
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Improving Home Care Pricing Information (.pdf)
Council of Elders communique – 25 March 2022 (.pdf)
COVID-19 Winter dose Information kit for residential aged care providers (.pdf)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Information for residential aged care providers – emergency leave (.pdf)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Information for permanent aged care residents – emergency leave (.pdf)
The upcoming winter season is likely to see an increase in respiratory illnesses circulating at the same time, including COVID-19 variants and influenza. To help prepare ahead, the Department is providing practical advice on actions you can do now to ready your service to lessen the risks and impacts of any outbreaks. This will include a series of free webinars (details below).
Readiness activities will position your service to be able to respond quickly in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19 or influenza, and any other illness. Key to readiness is making sure you understand the key risk factors to incorporate in your planning and adapting responses to meet your local requirements.
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The Prime Minister has announced a 21 May 2022 federal election and as such the Department of Health is operating in accordance with the caretaker conventions.
All aged care providers are invited to a live, free webinar on Wednesday 27 April 2022 from 1.00pm – 2.00pm AEST on upcoming changes to the mandatory reporting requirements on resident and workforce COVID-19 vaccinations.
The department is making improvements to the reporting template for providers’ weekly reporting on resident and workforce COVID-19 vaccination rates. The changes will better support facilities to report accurately on their resident and worker vaccination status and to capture the winter dose status of aged care residents.
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Webinar on Upcoming Changes to Provider Reporting on Resident and Workforce COVID-19 Vaccination
The Department of Health has finally released more detail and business rules around the upcoming AN-ACC funding model being introduced on 1 October.
We are now reviewing the new documents and planning all the Manad Plus feature updates required. We anticipate that most of the great features we have with ACFI will translate to AN-ACC so you can stay on top of your resident’s changing care needs and the impact this has on any potential funding changes. The AN-ACC features will be targeted for build version v5.12.
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AN-ACC Transition Support Plan (.pdf)
Transitioning from ACFI to AN-ACC FAQs (.pdf)
AN-ACC Key Facts (.pdf)
What is AN-ACC and how will it work? (.pdf)
How do I calculate my AN-ACC care funding? (.pdf)
How is cognition assessed under AN-ACC? (.pdf)
What are care minutes? (.pdf)
How do I calculate my care minutes target? (.pdf)
Can I ask for an AN-ACC reclassification? (.pdf)
How do I calculate my residential respite funding under AN-ACC? (.pdf)
What is the AN-ACC starting price? (.pdf)
What are AN-ACC Base Care Tariffs? (.pdf)
How allied health care is supported under AN-ACC? (.pdf)
What is the AN-ACC Transition Fund? (.pdf)
What are AN-ACC shadow assessments? (.pdf)
From today, residential aged care facilities can commence administering COVID-19 Winter dose vaccinations to aged care residents and workers who meet ATAGI’s criteria of a vulnerable individual.
A winter dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for residents in aged care ahead of the winter season, and aligns with the Commonwealth’s winter preparedness planning.
ATAGI recommends that aged care residents and other vulnerable groups receive their COVID-19 Winter dose from 4 months after their initial booster dose.
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