We only learned of the Commonwealth Government’s plans to call for tenders for the operation of Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) in January 2020. These would have effectively abolished the trusted, tried and tested system of advice and approval for ...

The Department of Health announced the 2020 ACAR late last year. The next ACAR is expected to open in March 2020, and this time the department has given some notice to providers to get a head start on preparing their ...

“There’s just so many different intersecting touchpoints… it’s just a lovely sense of community,” beams Deborah Key, chief executive of Bankstown City Aged Care. Key speaks in soft, quick bursts; it’s almost as if she can’t hold in her pride ...

The government has praised a new funding model proposed for residential aged care. Called the Australian National Aged Care Classification system (AN-ACC), its authors say it explicitly focuses on improving quality of care, rather than paying providers. Professor Kathy Eagar, ...

The Department of Health recently announced ACAR 2018–19 and that an invitation to apply for 13,500 residential aged care places, 775 short-term restorative care places and up to $60 million in capital grants is expected soon. Residential aged care (RAC) ...

A “microtown” for seniors with complex care needs has been confirmed for Queensland, and will help those with younger onset dementia. NewDirection Care announced the “inclusive” residential care community would be built between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, and designed ...

Study also finds that two-thirds of admissions into residential aged care are permanent.  According to a recent report, a majority of the hospitalisations that occur amongst older Australians are for people who still live in their own homes – and ...