Royal Commission hearing revealed
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.
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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’.
Read more >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 >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 >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 >Aged care workforce committee established
The Federal Government has established an aged care workforce committee to oversee the qualifications and standards for workers.
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 >Technology supporting rural carers
The Virtual Dementia Friendly Rural Communities (Verily Connect) project has been rolled out to support family carers of people with dementia in rural areas.
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