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.
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.
The Department of Health is investigating why some residential aged care beds allocated through the Aged Care Approvals Round have been deemed ‘offline’.
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.
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.
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.