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Published 20th February 2019
Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has officially launched the first independent information resource for telecommunications pr...
Read more about "National disability telecoms info service launched"
Are you aware that dementia is the second leading cause of death among Australians, but aged care workers are not required to be trained in the diseas...
Read more about "Stopping the rot – National Seniors at the Royal Commission"
Most older Australians are unprepared for and have no plans for end-of-life health care decisions, potentially leaving them vulnerable and unable to m...
Read more about "Call for seniors to take charge"
Encouraging residents and their families to provide feedback and having a consumer directed model of care are among the integrated approaches one prov...
Read more about "Communication and engagement key to continuous improvement, says provider"
Home aged care providers can take a leaf from the disability service book, where the individual support package model is setting the tone for the futu...
Read more about "Home care providers can learn from NDIS"
A significant imbalance of power has made residents and home care recipients fearful of making complaints, the royal commission into aged care heard t...
Read more about "Royal commission told sector experiences ‘power imbalance’"
Dates Thu 28 Feb 2019, Event
Historically aged care has predominately been delivered via clinical and hospital style models. These generally focus on a persons illness or dysfunct...
Read more about "Webinar: Ageing is not a disease: The paradigm shift from clinical to wellbeing and reablement models of care"
Published 18th February 2019
Disability service providers have welcomed moves to introduce national screening for NDIS workers but say the scheme needs to cast a wider net across ...
Read more about "Calls for wider screening of disability workers"
Unspent funds will continue to be a key issue for home care providers. The Department will want to minimise unspent funds either by recovery or reduc...
Read more about "Proper management of unspent funds needed for compliance and profit"
The federal government has announced an additional 10,000 home care packages as part of a $662 million commitment to aged care. Prime Minister Scott ...
Read more about "Government announces $280m for new home care packages"
The long wait for home care packages is forcing some older people to enter residential care prematurely because of carer burn-out and lack of reableme...
Read more about "Home care wait forces move to residential care, inquiry hears"
Published 14th February 2019
Reforms to improve Specialist Disability Accommodation services have been welcomed by disability groups, who say it will allow people with disability ...
Read more about "Disability Accommodation Reforms to Increase Choice and Control"
The Federal Government has announced residential aged care will receive an additional $320 million as part of its new $662 million package to support ...
Read more about "$320m funding boost for residential care"
Home and community care providers could improve service provision by better profiling and targeting groups of consumers, a study suggests. The study,...
Read more about "Study debunks ‘one size fits all’ approach to home care"
The paramount importance of quality of life to aged care consumers and their families was highlighted on the first day of the royal commission into ag...
Read more about "Measuring quality of life in aged care"
Dates Wed 20 Feb 2019, Training
This is an online event and instructions to join the webinar will be emailed upon registration. Great leaders are the cornerstone of the social secto...
Read more about "Developing Effective and Resilient Leaders in Times of Change"
Published 11th February 2019
People with disability from non-English speaking backgrounds are accessing disability services up to two-thirds less than Australian-born people despi...
Read more about "Culturally Diverse People With Disability Struggling to Engage With NDIS"
A lack of data is hampering growth in the disability sector, according to the peak body for service providers. National Disability Services CEO Chris...
Read more about "Disability Providers Held Back by Lack of Data"
Leading advocacy group National Seniors Australia has called for an immediate injection of government funding to eliminate the 126,000-strong waiting ...
Read more about "National Seniors calls for funding to eliminate home care waiting lists"
National Seniors CEO and Research Director, Professor John McCallum, will be among the first witnesses to appear on the first day of the Royal Commiss...
Read more about "National Seniors to open aged care inquiry"
Published 7th February 2019
A disability housing project in Maroochydore, Queensland is expected to deliver long-term sustainable accommodation for nine people with disability, t...
Read more about "Qld disability housing project to become a reality"
Changes to help National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants find work kick in this month as the NDIS Participant Employment Taskforce cle...
Read more about "Employment roadblocks ditched for NDIS participants"
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