Home Care

Support at Home: six strategies every home care provider needs now

With the new Support at Home program launching on 1 July, home care providers have just weeks left to overhaul their systems, staffing, and service delivery – or risk falling behind. In a recent DCM Group webinar, sector leaders laid out six key strategies to succeed in this new era.

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Lauren Broomham

28 Apr 2025

Home Care

What will Support at Home mean for private aged care? Watch LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 videos - now available online

At the recent LEADERS SUMMIT 2025, James Wiltshire, Executive Director of the DCM Institute, asked Aaron Lavell, Director of Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities, and Byron Cannon, CEO of LDK Seniors’ Living, what the incoming Support at Home reforms...

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Caroline Egan

28 Apr 2025

Opinion

Aged care isn’t fixed – so why are we not talking about it?

If you tuned into yesterday’s National Press Club debate between Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, and Shadow Minister, Anne Ruston, hoping for a meaningful discussion on aged care – you would have been sorely disappointed.

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Lauren Broomham

24 Apr 2025

Aged Care

Anglicare Southern Queensland reveals new branding to take it into the future

Anglicare Southern Queensland, which has 28 aged care homes and 35,000 home care and disability customers, has refreshed its branding with the assistance of creative agency Hero. Chief Client Officer, Chloe Henry, says, “The changes will help enable us to better tell our story and connect with Queenslanders.“

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Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2025

Government Policy

“Legislated to make a loss”: Resthaven CEO Darren Birbeck calls for urgent action on aged care funding

The CEO of the South Australian Not For Profit has warned the Federal Government that aged care providers are being “legislated to make a loss” under current reforms, in his contribution to The Weekly SOURCE’s political wishlist series ahead of the 3 May Federal Election.

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Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2025

Home Care

$1.3M awarded, $18.7M left untouched: home care sector slams aged care IT grant rollout

Just 119 of Australia’s 1,600 home care providers have received funding under the Federal Government’s Aged Care Act Transition Support 2024–25 grant program, according to data published on GrantConnect.

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The price must be right: preparing for the new financial world of Support at Home

Home care operators are now just 51 business days away from a new program that will require them to toe the line between financial viability and the oversight of the regulator. It is time for blunt reality. From 1 July 2025, home care providers will...

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Lauren Broomham

11 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells’ Brisbane 4BC radio interview turned to farce

“The theme of these questions is that the system’s impenetrable,“ said Aged Care Minister Anika Wells in an interview on 4BC radio with Peter Fegan about aged care.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Home Care

Support at Home reforms must be staged: HammondCare CEO Andrew Thorburn’s ‘political wishlist’

The next Government must move swiftly to address growing concerns and move to a staged implementation of Support at Home reforms, says Andrew Thorburn, CEO of HammondCare.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Home Care

Another Victorian local council exits home care

West Wimmera Council has announced it will no longer deliver home care services due to the incoming Support at Home reforms, with Mayor Tim Meyer saying, “Council does not have the ability to comply with the new clinical and governance requirements.“

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Aged Care

Only in SATURDAY: after their historic win, what’s next for the unions on aged care?

The unions were successful in their fight for a 25% wage increase for aged care workers – but their fight is not over. What does the Health Services Union have in mind next for aged care? To find out, read SATURDAY.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Government Policy

What did Grant Corderoy tell LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 about aged care’s future? Presentation videos available online

Grant Corderoy, Senior Partner StewartBrown, said the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s capture of retirement living in planned liquidity ratio is a reflection of the merging of residential aged care and retirement living - “even though it’s not mentioned too much in the Aged Care Act it’s going to be a driver of what happens,“ he said.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission forecasts 400% increase in revenue from aged care registration fees

The ACQSC’s consultation paper, including the proposed fees, is available here

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025