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

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Information for Aged Care Providers – Issue #2017/11 (.pdf)

You are invited to share your experiences on the Commonwealth’s aged care quality regulatory processes. This independent review is to see how well regulation protects older people receiving aged care.

Ms Kate Carnell AO and Professor Ron Paterson ONZM are leading the review. They want to hear from:

• consumers
• their families
• carers
• aged care organisations
• staff of organisations
• other professionals in the aged care sector and related sectors.

The call for submission closes on 24 July 2017. Please note that late submissions will not be accepted.

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Get involved in the review of aged care quality regulation

Review of National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes

The 1 July 2017 ACFI rate updates should be released sometime next week (…if the Department release them in time before Saturday 1st July).

In anticipation of this, please note the following:

Version 5 clients:

Once the rates have been released we will create a new 5.4.xxxx version which will contain the new rates. We will push this version update out to all servers and notify you of its release.

Please arrange now for your IT Administrator to be available to backup your database and run this update when all staff have logged out of Manad Plus. Subject to the date the rates are released by DoH this update should be available Monday 3rd or Tuesday 4th July 2017.

Version 4 clients:

Once the rates have been released we will create a new 4.xxxx version which will contain the new rates.

We will log in and manually run this update for you on your server as we have done in the past (or if we have had other arrangements in the past we will continue with this process).

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If you have any questions, then please contact our office and speak with your usual Manad Plus Client Manager.

1300 62 62 32

Tabled 14 June 2017.

The ALRC was asked to consider Commonwealth laws and legal frameworks and how they might better protect older persons from misuse or abuse, and safeguard their autonomy.

The Report includes 43 recommendations for law reform. The overall effect will be to safeguard older people from abuse and support their choices and wishes through:

• improved responses to elder abuse in residential aged care;
• enhanced employment screening of care workers;
• greater scrutiny regarding the use of restrictive practices in aged care;
• building trust and confidence in enduring documents as important advanced planning tools;
• protecting older people when ‘assets for care’ arrangements go wrong;
• banks and financial institutions protecting vulnerable customers from abuse;
• better succession planning across the self-managed superannuation sector;
• adult safeguarding regimes protecting and supporting at-risk adults.

Read more:

Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response

Elder Abuse – A National Legal Response – FINAL REPORT (.pdf)

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

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Information for Aged Care Providers – Issue #2017/10 (.pdf)

View the June 2017 Communiqué from the Queensland Department of Health on seasonal influenza for residential aged care providers.

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Prepare for seasonal influenza

The Aged Care Financing Authority (ACFA) was tasked in November 2015 with reviewing the current Bond Guarantee Scheme and to identify and assess alternatives to it.

ACFA concluded that there were three viable and effective options including retaining the existing Scheme.

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ACFA report: Review of the Bond Guarantee Scheme

To stay in step with generally accepted good corporate governance and best practice, the Australian Government has decided to continue the auditing requirement for the Annual Prudential Compliance Statement (APCS).

This approach adjusts the previous advice to the aged care sector in late 2016 with the announcement of a single comprehensive financial report, the Aged Care Financial Report.

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Financial reporting requirements for residential and home care package providers

More information – Changes to financial reporting arrangements for residential and home care providers

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

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Information for Aged Care Providers – Issue #2017/09 (.pdf)

Released: 26 May 2017

The Turnbull government has announced funding to give almost 10,000 more older Australians access to residential aged care services.

The Federal Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, said today that the government is providing an additional $649 million per year to create 9911 new residential aged care places in the 2016-17 Aged Care Approvals Round.

“As people grow older they increasingly want flexibility in the services they receive and how and when they access them,” Minister Wyatt said.

“Australians want greater choice and control over their care and this investment does exactly that.”

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Almost 10,000 new residential aged care places announced (.pdf)