Aged care’s Single Assessment System ‘failing targets’: Dept
Consumers are waiting up to nine months to be assessed – four times the 40-day target, with some are falling through the cracks altogether.
Consumers are waiting up to nine months to be assessed – four times the 40-day target, with some are falling through the cracks altogether.
“The reality is that the current funding model no longer covers the true cost of delivering these services, leaving local councils to fill the gap”
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...
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.