Government investigating inactive aged care beds
The Department of Health is investigating why some residential aged care beds allocated through the Aged Care Approvals Round have been deemed ‘offline’.
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Aged care operations report revealed
The Department of Health has released a report on the operation of Australia’s aged care system during the 2017–18 financial year.
Read more >Wrap-up from the 2018 Residential User Group Meetings
Residential aged care providers from across Australia recently joined Telstra Health – Aged, Disability & Community Care (ADCC) at our Residential User Group Meetings. This year a key focus was on the introduction of the Aged Care Quality Standards, what it means for our clients and how our software can support the change.
Read more >Telstra Health and TechnologyOne partner to deliver integrated aged care solution
Telstra Health has partnered with TechnologyOne to develop an integrated solution encompassing our resident administration and Medicare claiming software, Resident Manager, with TechnologyOne’s billing management capabilities.
Read more >Funding unveiled to reduce Australia’s dementia rates
The Federal Government has unveiled two grant programs designed to aid research into the intensive reduction and prevention of dementia.
Read more >Tool to help reduce use of psychotropic medicine
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 >ACFI module saves Sapphire Care 60 hours per month in administration
Sapphire Care’s General Manager – Funding, Stanika Rjazancew, explains how the new ACFI module in Clinical and Care Management software provided Sapphire Care with the transparency to manage ACFI seamlessly. Stanika explained, “By having all our ACFI information within the software, we have streamlined our processes…saving over 60 hours each month in administration task associated with funding management.”
Read more >Report looks at aged care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
A report into gaps in the aged care system for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has explored ways to better embed cultural safety in mainstream care, and expand specialist targeted services.
Read more >Transparency a key initiative for providers
The Aged Care Guild has announced that eight of Australia’s largest aged care providers will publish quarterly Consumer Experience Report (CER) evaluations of their facilities.
Read more >Palliative care review underway
Aged and community care providers are being asked to complete a survey to help the Department of Health understand the barriers to accessing palliative care for under-served population groups.
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