Author: Ben

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

Information for Aged Care Providers – Issue 31 – 11 Dec 2015 (.pdf)

Hepburn Health Service, a healthcare provider delivering services to a population of 17,000 people in country Victoria, is the first aged and home care provider in Australia to receive a Rainbow Tick Accreditation.

Read more:

Hepburn Health is ‘Over the Rainbow’

There are important end of year reminders from the Department of Human Services (DHS) on:

– Operational hours over the holiday period

– Advance payments for January 2016

– Checking your claim form

– Quarterly Review January 2016

– What is the Quarterly Review?

Read more:

End of the Year Reminders for all Providers

DoH have received a number of enquiries about when an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) assessment is required.

Read more:

ACAT Assessments and Care Recipient Admissions

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

Read more:

Quality Standard – November 2015 (.pdf)

Updated: 1st December 2015

DSS have updated their site on the The National Aged Care Quality Indicator Programme which is voluntary for aged care service providers.

Implementation of the programme commences on 1 January 2016 for residential aged care facilities.

Read more:

Quality Indicators

The latest edition of the Residential Aged Care Communiqué is now available.

The Residential Aged Care Communiqué (RAC Communiqué) is an electronic publication containing narrative case reports about lessons learned from the Coroners’ investigations into preventable deaths in Residential Aged Care facilities.

Read more:

Residential Aged Care Communiqué – Volume 10, Issue 4, November 2015 (.pdf)

The Report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) meets the requirement of section 63-2 of the Act that the Minister present to Parliament a report on the operation of the Act for each financial year.

This report describes the operation of the Act during 2014–15 and includes additional information to aid an understanding of aged care programmes and policies.

Read more:

2014–15 Report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997 (.pdf)

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

Information for Aged Care Providers – Issue 30 – 27 Nov 2015 (.pdf)

Congratulations to Webstercare for winning the ITAC 2015 award for ‘ICT Innovative Company of the Year’.

The RxMedChart system is Webstercare’s computer generated version of the National Residential Medication Chart (NRMC) and will change the way medications are prescribed, dispensed and managed in residential aged care facilities.

Read more:

Rx MedChart (link)

Manad Plus has an interface with their computerised system for administration:

MedSig – Computerised, paperless signing for nurses (link)