Home Care

Leading Not For Profit Calvary Health Care in deal with Salesforce for new home care platform

Not For Profit integrated health care organisation Calvary Health Care has selected Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform Salesforce to develop technology provide a seamless healthcare experience for clients, aged care residents, patients, and

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

“The Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care does not commonly issue statements” but...

The Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care has issued a Statement highlighting the Aged Care Taskforce’s omission of any details about a “needs-based framework” for aged care services in its Final Report. The Statement outlines the parallels between...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Aged Care

400% increase in aged care job applications: Anglicare Sydney

dfasdfdasfasdf Yvette McDonald Chief People and Customer Officer, Anglicare Sydney Our residential care workforce has seen a significant turnaround due to both internal and external factors. Internally: we have focused on residential manager...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

Ageing population sees hospitals “at breaking point” and it is going to get worse: AMA

Emergency wait times are the longest in a decade and surgery wait times are at their longest ever, according to the 2024 Public Hospital Report Card, an annual report that uses data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to pinpoint...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

National Aged Care Advisory Council on Aged Care Taskforce Final Report and new Aged Care Act

You can read the communique here

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

Juniper CEO Russell Bricknell appointed Chair of the Aged Care Workforce Remote Accord

Russell Bricknell, CEO of WA’s largest Not For Profit local aged care provider, Juniper, has been appointed Chair of The Aged Care Workforce Remote Accord, a group of aged care employers and experts helping solve aged care workforce issues in remote...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

“Any delay to pay rise will only add to the aged care sector’s workforce crisis”

The Opposition and unions have hit back at the Government’s attempt to phase in aged care worker pay rises of up to 13.5% by almost two years, a position announced late last Friday afternoon.

Caroline Egan

18 Apr 2024

Home Care

Aged care regulator to increase audits as one-third of home care operators found to be non-compliant

66% of home care providers do not comply with all 8 Quality Standards, according to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 66-page Sector Performance Report for the December 2023 quarter.

Caroline Egan

16 Apr 2024

Government Policy

Kantar Public awarded new $440,000 contract to “inform future aged care policy”

The Federal Government has contracted Kantar Public Australia for the political consultant’s second aged care project, this time to conduct “Aged Care Policy Research” at a cost of $440,000 for the Department of Health and Aged Care.

Caroline Egan

18 Apr 2024

Government Policy

Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care to review Government portal My Aged Care

After consulting widely around the country, the Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care (IGAC) has launched a review of My Aged Care, after identifying it as a priority.

Caroline Egan

18 Apr 2024

Finance

$100M for new CHSP providers to wipe out the backlog

You can access information about the grant here

Caroline Egan

18 Apr 2024

Home Care

Home care recipients spend twice as much time in hospital as aged care residents: study

Recipients of home care services have more trips to hospital and have longer admissions, a new study by the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) has found.

Caroline Egan

18 Apr 2024

Technology

Only in SATURDAY WORKFORCE ISSUE: Anglicare cuts hiring time in aged care to just 13 days

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Caroline Egan

11 Apr 2024