Preparing for the Aged Care Quality Standards
The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency has released a number of guidance materials and videos to help aged care providers transition to the new Quality Standards.
Read more >The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency has released a number of guidance materials and videos to help aged care providers transition to the new Quality Standards.
Read more >The Federal Government has unveiled two grant programs designed to aid research into the intensive reduction and prevention of dementia.
Read more >The Federal Government has established an aged care workforce committee to oversee the qualifications and standards for workers.
Read more >A new tool has been created to help residential aged care providers identify the impact of organisational culture on the prescription of psychotropic medicines.
Read more >The Virtual Dementia Friendly Rural Communities (Verily Connect) project has been rolled out to support family carers of people with dementia in rural areas.
Read more >The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care (NATSIFAC) program will receive an additional $105.7 million to enable more First Nations people to receive home or residential aged care in remote and very remote areas.
Read more >The terms of reference for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety have been announced, with an interim report expected by 31 October 2019, and the final report by 30 April 2020.
Read more >The Federal Government has announced that an additional $100 million will be funded towards the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) over the next two years.
Read more >Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, has released a strategy report designed to increase the number of people entering the aged care workforce.
Read more >Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that he has requested the Governor General establish a Royal Commission into the residential aged care and community care sector.
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