Friday 18 December: Federal and State Government round-up of press releases and announcements
Federal: Preparing Australians for the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out: View Here
VIC: Free travel for Victorians this Christmas: View Here
Statement On Victorian Ombudsman Housing Report: View Here
SA: SA has the lowest unemployment in Australia: View Here
WA: COVID-19 relief grants expanded to help pay tenants’ rent debt: View Here
TAS: Tasmanian Government Discounts and Concessions Guide launched: View Here
Government puts new payments in arrears arrangements for home care providers on hold
Last week, KinCare CEO Jason Howie (pictured) called for the Government to delay the new…
Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) assessment trial and 2020 Aged Care Approval Rounds both paused for at least six months
Minister for Aged Care Senator Richard Colbeck (pictured inset) says the AN-ACC trial and the…
Department of Health suspends face-to-face ACATs and RAS assessments – CHSP to be provided without an assessment in “urgent” situations
The Department of Health has moved to telephone and telehealth aged care assessments for ACAT…
How can aged care providers claim the Government’s new “retention bonus” for staff?
Aged Care Minister Senator Richard Colbeck has written to providers this week to explain the…
Coronavirus hits two WA land lease communities in Mandurah
Two residents at Lattitude Lakelands north of the popular retirement town, 72km south of Perth…
BaptistCare resident at retirement village next to Dorothy Henderson Lodge tests positive for COVID-19 – four coronavirus cases now at Opal’s Bankstown aged care home
The resident from the Willandra Village in Macquarie Park (pictured) is in hospital, with other…
US: CDC report on Washington state nursing home finds screening for symptoms failed to identify up to 50% of residents with COVID-19
As soon as there’s a confirmed case of coronavirus, all aged care staff should wear…
ABC journalist Anne Connolly fishing for ‘bad news’ on the coronavirus in aged care homes
The ABC journalist (pictured above) – who won both a Walkley Award and a Human Rights…
Dorothy Henderson Lodge – 18 positive coronavirus cases now diagnosed
Three weeks after the first report of an infected worker at BaptistCare’s Macquarie Park aged…
Royal Commission Chair warns against “unintended consequences” of restrictions on aged care visits – calls on providers to use staff to provide ‘touch’
The Chair of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Hon Gaetano…
Bupa and Opal Aged Care stop all visits to their 150 aged care homes over COVID-19
Two of the country’s largest providers have restricted access to their aged care homes until…
Aged care providers told to have all staff vaccinated against flu by 1 May – four weeks away – or face penalties
The Department of Health has issued a warning to providers that they must make sure…