Telstra Health was honoured to receive the Business Service Markets award for our Resident Manager software at last night’s Victorian iAwards. Taking place in Melbourne on Thursday the 23rd of May, the Australian Information Industry Association’s (AIIA) iAwards honours organisations at the cutting edge of technology innovation in Australia.
Read more >Ahead of the 1 July 2019 introduction of the Charter of Aged Care Rights, the Department of Health has released 18 translated language versions of the Charter template for CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) care recipients.
Read more >The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has released three new background papers on the topics of the changing demographics and dynamics of aged care; the nature of dementia, its prevalence and care; and restrictive practices in residential aged care.
Read more >All Australian Government-subsidised residential aged care providers are required to have a flu vaccination program in place for staff and volunteers.
Read more >The Australian Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has appointed its first Chief Clinical Advisor, Dr Melanie Wroth, to support providers to access guidance on best practice clinical care.
Read more >An educational video has been released to support aged and community care provider’s efforts to comply with the new Aged Care Quality Standards.
Read more >Dementia Training Australia is offering a free, online dementia-specific training course for pharmacists.
Read more >Price limits for services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) are set to increase from 1 July 2019, adding $850 million into the NDIS market.
Read more >Providers are increasingly turning to cloud-hosted technology as part of the digital transformation of the aged and disability service industry.
Read more >A single Charter of Aged Care Rights has been developed, which will replace the four Charters currently relating to the rights of aged care recipients in residential aged care, community care, and short-term restorative care settings.
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