Better Practice Awards can only be applied for at three year intervals. BUPA Bellarine has won at least one award in each of 2003, 2005 and 2008. This year they have won 3 awards for:
The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), which greatly improved Palliative Care to the dying resident and support to their families
The Walk Around Australia program, which encourages and promotes walking as an exercising activity
The Personal Best program, where all employees have the opportunity to make Personal Best Commitments to improve resident care in some way
ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home