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Hazel Hawke enters high level care
Aug 27 2009
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The Weekly Source

After a much publicized diagnosis and eight year battle with Alzheimer’s, Hazel Hawke has entered high level care.

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ABC reports on aged care assessments: The Weekly SOURCE has covered it for four months

Since July this year, The Weekly SOURCE has been highlighting the total inadequacies of the Australian Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s new Single Assessment System, which is mean “to simplify and improve aged care assessments.“ The...

Caroline Egan
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Only in SATURDAY: Flattening the frailty curve with a wellness business model

At Catholic Healthcare, CEO Josh McFarlane says wellness isn’t a buzzword – it’s a business model. The operator is quietly expanding its network of Wellness Centres and Mind & Move programs, believing that prevention should sit at the centre of aged care thinking. 

Caroline Egan
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Cameron McPherson: ‘The new law risks boxing providers into yesterday’s model’

Cameron McPherson, CEO of Medical & Aged Care Group, writes that Australia’s new Aged Care Act funds care delivery on a cost basis rather than on outcomes, rewarding activity over measurable gains in independence, connection and quality of life.

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Home care won’t catch up – unless the rules change

We said horror stories were coming and here they are. This week’s headlines have been dominated by an assessment system that can’t assess, a program that can’t keep up, and older Australians stranded in the gap. The numbers are no longer...

Lauren Broomham
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