1 October was the ‘International Day of Older Persons’.
The theme, “Stepping into the Future: Tapping the Talents, Contributions and Participation of Older Persons in Society.”
This year’s day is about enabling and expanding the contributions of older people in their families, communities and societies at large. It focuses on the pathways that support full and effective participation in old age, in accordance with old persons’ basic rights, needs and preferences.
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Michael Bachelard and other Fairfax journalists have written a series of articles over a few days on Aged Care.
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23-SEP-17 – Dawn’s final days reveal aged care horror
23-SEP-17 – Jyl’s journey to aged care: ‘I feel like part of me is lost’
24-SEP-17 – Nursing home accused of being like Guantanamo Bay
26-SEP-17 – Is this how it ends?: How we can make aged care better
30-SEP17 – My grandmother’s horrible, lingering death could have been so different
1-OCT-17 – Readers respond: Your experiences of nursing homes in Australia
Stewart Brown rejects “misleading and incorrect” Fairfax reporting (.pdf)
The Department of Health has released a new edition of its ‘Information for Aged Care Providers’ newsletter.
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Seniors advocacy organisation COTA Australia has warned aged care providers against fraudulent behaviour when assisting residents with the national marriage-equality survey now underway.
Consumer and provider groups have been attempting to mitigate impacts on aged care services resulting from the optional Marriage Law Postal Survey asking whether the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry, which is being run by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) rather the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
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Aust. Ageing Agenda – Providers urged to support residents appropriately for marriage survey
New forms to report reportable assaults and missing residents were released in July 2017.
Providers and staff are required to use these new forms.
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Industry alert: new forms for compulsory reporting requirements
Compulsory reporting for approved providers of residential aged care services
The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency has released the September 2017 issue of their ‘Quality Standard’ newsletter.
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Changes will be made to the My Aged Care provider portal on 25 September 2017 to support the ACFI Review and Reconsideration processes.
These changes are part of the department’s continued investment in the delivery of system and process improvements to My Aged Care.
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The Aged Care Complaints Commissioner Annual Report 2016-17 is now available.
The Aged Care Complaints Commissioner provides a free service for anyone to raise their concerns about the quality of care or services being delivered to people receiving aged care services subsidised by the Australian Government.
The report gives some good insights into the increasing awareness of people about aged care, especially at a time when more than ever, there are more choices and more freedom for people in aged care to make those choices.
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Aged Care Complaints Commissioner Annual Report
Aust. Ageing Agenda – Medication issues top complaints in residential care
LASA – Australia’s aged care system delivers but there is more work to do (.pdf)
The next version (v5.5) of Manad Plus will be available to be released later today.
The Department of Health only provided the new 20 September ‘Schedule of Fees and Charges’ late yesterday afternoon so once we have these added and tested the version will be ready to be pushed out.
Please notify the Help Desk when you would like the version pushed out to your server. If you are not ready yet, then that is okay, contact the Help Desk only when you are ready and this way you will get the latest version.
IMPORTANT:
Please do not update to the newer version if you have not had time to inform all your staff/users of the contents of the Release Notes. This poses far to greater risk to your organisation if you are not ready and prepared for the changes. Ideally, you should have had a meeting(s) with all your users so they are aware of the changes and what to expect before any upgrade takes place.
The Department of Health (DoH) has released the latest Schedule of Fees and Charges for Residential and Home Care, which take effect from 20 September 2017, as well as the updated Aged Care Subsidies and Supplements – New Rates of Payment from 20 September 2017.
Key Items:
• Maximum Basic Daily Fee – Residential Care is $49.42,
• Maximum Permissible Interest Rate – for all new residents from 1 October 2017 – 31 December 2017 is 5.70%,
• Base Interest Rate remains unchanged at 3.75%.
Read more:
Schedule of Fees and Charges for Residential and Home Care from 20 September 2017 (.pdf)
Schedule of Fees and Charges for Pre 1 July 2014 Residents From 20 September 2017 (.pdf)
Schedule of subsidies and supplements from 20 September 2017 (.pdf)
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