Co-design and future proofing were the key themes of the 2015 LASA National Congress in Melbourne last week. iCareHealth joined around 1000 attendees to witness presentations and panel discussions on topics such as sector reform, the introduction of national quality indicators, and the My Aged Care gateway. In part two of our wrap-up of the event, we highlight some of the key messages that can help aged care providers strengthen their organisation
Australia’s nine largest privately owned aged care providers have come together to create the Aged Care Guild, with a focus on ensuring sustainable and quality practices.
It has been revealed that aged care providers will not be compensated for participating in the upcoming Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) eHealth opt-out trials.
It has been revealed that consumers will be assigned home care packages by My Aged Care from a national pool by February 2017, with additional packages being released regularly.
An international aged care leader has spoken on the need for government to reimburse home care organisations who use technology to help older people remain independent.
Aged care stakeholders have called on Mitch Fifield to use his new role as Minister for Communications to advocate for greater ICT support for aged care.
Assistant Minister for Social Services, Mitch Fifield, has indicated that the Federal Government may scrap the Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR) for residential aged care.
A report by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has revealed that the global cost of caring for people with dementia will reach US$1 trillion by 2018.