The Federal Government has unveiled a $70 million per year Specialist Dementia Care Program, which will involve establishing specialist care units within existing residential aged care facilities.
Read more >Aged care peak bodies have united to announce the formation of an industry council to oversee the sector’s workforce strategy.
Read more >The Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, has announced $15 million in funding will be allocated to existing Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers.
Read more >It has been revealed that the first hearing of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will take place on Friday 18 January 2019.
Read more >The Department of Health is investigating why some residential aged care beds allocated through the Aged Care Approvals Round have been deemed ‘offline’.
Read more >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 >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 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 >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.
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