Aged care
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News and updates relating to ageing and community care
Latest mailfax advices
Latest mailfax sent by the Ageing and Aged Care Division of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing
Updated as needed
Residential Aged Care Sanctions
Information on facilities under sanctions action, Ageing & Aged Care Division of the Department of Health and Ageing.
Updated weekly
Investigative Report into Docker River
Investigative report conducted by the Aged Care Commissioner, Rhonda Parker, in relation to the death of a female Aboriginal elder at Tjilpi Pampaku Ngura (Docker River) Flexible Aboriginal Aged Care Service (the Service) in 2007 and the Department of Health and Ageing’s handling of the service.
Information Sheets - Quality Care for Older Australians
Information Sheets concerning Residential Aged Care, Veterans and War Widow(er)s, Home and Community Care and the GST.
Information Sheet 9 - Fees and Charges - an overview
Information Sheet 11 - Income-tested fees for residential care
Information Sheet 15 - The Accommodation Charge
Information Sheet 16 - Accommodation Bonds
Information Sheet 22 - Help for people living with dementia
2 December 2008
Gastro-Info Gastroenteritis Kit for Aged Care
Resources to assist residential aged care homes in preventing, identifying & managing outbreaks of gastroenteritis.
26 November 2008
Reports on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997
25 November 2008
Revised residential care fees and charges
Schedule of Fees and Charges: From 20 September 2008
20 September 2008
National Evaluation of the Transition Care Program
This report provides the findings of the National Evaluation of the Transition Care Program.
8 September 2008
Summary of discretionary grants
The Government recently provided 21 one-off grants to a range of community organisations that provide frail older people with emergency meals, shelter and clothing, and with services that encourage and support social re-engagement.
2 July 2008
Revised residential care subsidies (with effect from 1 July 2008)
Residential Care Subsidies: From 1 July 2008
27 June 2008
Effective Caring Reports
Effective Caring: a synthesis of the international evidence on carer needs and interventions
10 June 2008
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Media releases
- Delivering More Aged Care Places For Eastern Melbourne
- $25 Million for accommodation for aged and disadvantaged
- 6,500 more aged care places for older Australians
- Boost for Home and Community Care in Tasmania
- $800,000 boost for Home and Community Care in NT
Program/Initiatives
- Aged Care Access Initiative
- Aged Care GP Panels Initiative - Information for Residential Aged care Facilities on how to get involved
- Aged Care GP Panels Initiative - Information for GPs and Allied Health Providers on how to get involved
- The Aged Care GP Panels Initiative
- Medication Management Reviews
Publications
- Guide to changes to the Regulatory Framework for Aged Care
- Report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997 - 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
- 2007 National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey – Who Cares for Older Australians? A Picture of the Residential and Community Based Aged Care Workforce – Final Report
- Gastro-Info Gastroenteritis Kit for Aged Care: resources to assist residential aged care homes in preventing, identifying & managing outbreaks of gastroenteritis