In this issue:
• Regional, rural and remote priority for 2018-19 Aged Care Approvals Round
• Update on the review of the NSAF
• Final draft Aged Care Quality Standards now available
Home Care:
• Social participation and quality of life tools
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In Case You Missed It – Below are links to recent articles on Aged Care and Healthcare that may be of interest:
National trial of RedUSe program achieves 13 per cent drop in use of psychotropics
Government announces two new initiatives focusing on older Australians and aged care
Nation’s first advance care planning guide for aged care now available
Program supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse seniors sees extension
Dementia prevention now within sight, says expert
Single quality framework another step closer
My Health Record data could be uploaded without consent
80,000 aged care staff plan to leave within five years: HESTA workforce report
Study shows size matters when it comes to the right kind of aged care
Household model of care found to achieve better resident outcomes at no extra cost
This webinar will provide an update on the Single Quality Framework and quality related measures from the 2018-19 Budget. It will focus on key areas of interest for service providers including:
• the implementation of the Single Aged Care Quality Framework including the final draft Aged Care Quality Standards
• practical implications for assessment to support the unannounced reaccreditation process which will come in to effect 1 July 2018
• the mandatory influenza program for staff which began on 1 May 2018
• an update on new quality related measures announced in the 2018-19 Budget.
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Webinar: Quality Reform Update – 15 June 2018
Webinar Link: http://livestream.education.gov.au/health/15june2018/
Aged care in rural, regional and remote communities will be prioritised in a record-breaking new Aged Care Approval Round (ACAR) announced today by Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt AM.
Announcing the 2018 ACAR at the RSL Remembrance Village in Wagga Wagga, Minister McCormack and Minister Wyatt said the Turnbull Government would provide an additional 13,500 residential aged care places, and 775 short-term restorative care places across the nation.
“This is the largest number of residential places to have been made available in a single ACAR and is an important part of our government’s $5 billion Budget boost for aged care,” said Minister Wyatt.
“While all applications are welcome and will be independently assessed on their merits, special consideration will be given to non-metropolitan areas through the application process.
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Rural, Regional and Remote Priority for New Aged Care Places (.pdf)
The Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt AM, has appointed John Dicer as the new Aged Care Pricing Commissioner.
The office of the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner was established in 2013 to help ensure that people requiring aged care places are not over charged.
“Older Australians need to be sure that when they need residential aged care support they are paying a fair price,” Minister Wyatt said.
“I’m pleased to appoint John Dicer as Australia’s new Aged Care Pricing Commissioner.
“John brings with him broad public and private sector experience including a strong background in regulatory matters, compliance, risk management and complex pricing issues.”
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In this issue:
• Review of the ACSIHAG Program
• Mandatory flu vaccination program – more information now available
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The 2018-2019 Annual Service, Support & Upgrade Fee Invoices have been emailed out for renewal for the coming financial year.
All annual fees currently expire on the 30th June 2018 so please ensure your accounts department has processed your invoice prior to expiry to continue receiving support and all upgrades from 1 July 2018 onward.
If your accounts payable department has an updated email address for invoices to be sent to or you didn’t receive the invoice last week then please email accounts@manad.com.au to request another copy or to update your details and email address.
We are now not too far away from completing the last few features that will be going into our next minor release, version 5.6.
For those of you who came to our User Group Meetings in both Melbourne & Sydney towards the end of 2017, you would have seen and heard what many of these are.
Some of the highlights are:
• An all-new ‘Risk Register’ feature
• One ‘reply’ will be allowed to a message received via the Messageboard
• Template macros can be created for Progress Notes
• Add your own ‘Guides’ for staff to follow for each of the Monitoring/Charting items
• More powerful charting with Pivot Grids
• An all-new ‘App’ module for those licenced to use the Manad Plus Mobiel App
• ‘Report an assault’ and ‘My Incidents’ added to the User module
• More use of colours to tag your Reference items
• Several new reports
• …plus more!
We’ll continue to update you via our eNews as we get closer to finalising the testing and have created the Release Notes which will be made available for download. The final version should be available in early-mid June.
In Case You Missed It – Below are links to recent articles on Aged Care and Healthcare that may be of interest.
Australian Ageing Agenda
New collaboration to tackle remote aged care workforce issues
Workers want flexible working conditions and greater recognition
At long last, mental health support for residents
Aged care CEOs react to the budget
Senate inquiry launched into tax practices of for-profit providers
Other
ABC – Aged care ratings do not tell what you need to know about Australian nursing homes
ITNews – My Health Record will share de-identified data by default
The department has received a number of enquiries from providers about when an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) assessment is required. A subsidy cannot be paid to an approved provider for providing care to a person, unless the person is approved under the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) as a care recipient.
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