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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The Department is currently making improvements to the My Aged Care reporting template for residential and in-home and community aged care providers’ weekly reporting on resident and workforce COVID-19 vaccination status.
The new reporting template is scheduled to commence from Tuesday 3 May 2022.
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Upcoming changes to My Aged Care provider reporting for all aged care providers
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission new and updated resources.
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Partnerships in care: Supporting older people’s wellbeing in residential care (.pdf)
Application for reconsideration (.docx)
In this edition:
• Winter Preparedness Webinar
• Updated Portal FAQs
• REMINDER – Aged Care Emergency and Crisis Management Training Program extended to 30 June 2022
• Information for Western Australian Aged Care Providers – Organising PCR testing during an Outbreak
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Protecting Older Australians: COVID-19 Update – 11 April 2022
The Morrison Government will direct $14.8 million to key aged care groups advocating for senior Australians.
This funding will be provided over three years to ensure the organisations can continue supporting and advocating for older people during a period of significant change and reform of the aged care system.
Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Richard Colbeck, said the funding would ensure the voices of senior Australians across a number of diverse communities.
“We are undertaking once in a generation reform of the aged care sector,” Minister Colbeck said.
“As we work towards a high quality and safe aged care system, we must have a deep understanding of the views, the wishes and the concerns of our diverse communities.
“It is vital that people with dementia, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQI+ individuals and communities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, gerontologists and associated health professionals continue to be well represented.
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