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Published: May 20, 2022
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Managing Influenza and COVID-19 in residential aged care

Vaccinations for influenza and COVID-19

Vaccines save lives. The best way to protect yourself, your residents, their families and carers and your staff from influenza (flu) and COVID is to get vaccinated.

This winter we expect an increase in influenza cases and with COVID continuing to circulate at the same time, it is important to be protected against flu and COVID.

We strongly encourage you to engage with residents and workers to discuss vaccination options and support the consent process to achieve optimum vaccination coverage.

You should also be assisting in-home and community care recipients and workers to understand how they can access flu and COVID vaccinations.

Having your arrangements in place early so that you can offer vaccinations and boosters to your residents and staff will help to minimise potential outbreaks and severity of disease.

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Managing Influenza and COVID-19 in residential aged care

Published: May 19, 2022
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Aged Care Alert | Aged care reform on hold; the Aged Care Royal Commission Response Bill no 2. no longer proceeding

The reform agenda anticipated in the wake of the Aged Care Royal Commission Final Report has been halted by the election.

Last year the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 1) Act 2021 (Act No. 1) commenced, however this Act introduced only a few changes, some of which were problematic.

The Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2021 (Bill No. 2), which was introduced late last year and had commencement dates in March 2022 was expected to implement more significant reforms. However, the Bill is no longer proceeding.

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Aged Care Alert | Aged care reform on hold; the Aged Care Royal Commission Response Bill no 2. no longer proceeding.

Published: May 17, 2022
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Your Aged Care Update Newsletter – Issue #2022/09

News about the reforms:

• Webinar: Consumer Experience Interviews information session
• Counting residents against each AN-ACC classification

Other news:

• Important reminder about use of My Aged Care trade mark
• Register now for CALDWays Conference 2022
• Free translation service available for aged care providers
• Australian Dementia Research Forum 2022
• Webinar recording available: Early Diagnosis of Dementia … Why Bother?
• Webinar: Powers of Attorneys and understanding consent and capacity
• Celebrating National Volunteer Week 16-22 May
• FriendLine volunteers offer connection and conversation
• Webinar: Digital Transformation Tech Talk

For residential care providers:

• Information for providers yet to upgrade to Services Australia’s Aged Care Online web services

For home care providers:

• Have your say on supporting the home care workforce
• In-home aged care service list survey closes 24 May

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Your Aged Care Update newsletter – Issue #2022/09 (.pdf)

Published: May 6, 2022
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Aged Care Alert – Dignity of risk in aged care: benefits and limitations of waivers, releases and indemnities

Published by: Anita Courtney, Felicity Iredale, and Johanna Heaven

As aged care providers continue to grapple with balancing their duty of care and their obligation to respect their clients’ dignity of risk, some are asking clients to sign an acknowledgment which includes waivers/releases and indemnities as a way of mitigating the risks.

These acknowledgment forms can be used in a range of scenarios where the client wishes to engage in an activity that creates a risk to themselves or others. For example:

• A resident’s family wants the resident to use an electrical scooter despite the resident having difficulty controlling it
• A guardian wants the resident to be given food that presents a risk of choking
• A home care client wishes to engage a worker/service provider that is not part of their preferred supplier list.

A risk acknowledgment/waiver form can form a part of your dignity of risk processes in these sorts of situations. However it is important to understand the associated benefits and limitations.

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Aged Care Alert – Dignity of risk in aged care: benefits and limitations of waivers, releases and indemnities

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