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In this episode, we are discussing the recent report published by the Australian Government on the third Home Care Packages Program Assurance Review.  

This assurance review looked at pricing transparency on My Aged Care.  Through the review, a number of common issues were identified with hom...

In this episode, we discuss room moves in residential aged care and the rules that apply. 

It is an issue that occurs in many different circumstances, such as where a resident wishes to change rooms, where a resident no longer needs a room in memory support or where a resident has increased n...

In our work with aged care providers and retirement village operators, we are often asked to review a variety of commercial contracts, such as contractor agreements to provide services, labour hire type arrangements to provide staff and software licence agreements.

There are a few issues that...

In this episode, we discuss the new model for representatives proposed in the Australian Government's first consultation paper on the new Aged Care Act.

As providers would be familiar with, the current Aged Care Act has a range of concepts for representatives.

The consultation paper outlines...

In this episode, we discuss voluntary assisted dying laws in the context of retirement villages in South Australia.   The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 (SA) came into operation in South Australia on 31 January 2023.

While on first glance it may appear that the new voluntary assisted dying...

In this episode, we discuss the issue of a home care provider being unable to make contact with a home care recipient or their representative for an extended period of time. 

New guidance on this issue was included in the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care's Home Care Packages...

1 July 2023 is a significant date in terms of aged care governance. 

Within 4 months of that date, most aged care provider organisations (those whose ‘reporting period’ concludes on 30 June) will be required to give their first statement (compliance statement) as to whether the organisatio...

In this episode, we discuss the obligations of approved providers under the Aged Care Act in relation to suitability of key personnel. 

As we approach the 12 month anniversary of the commencement of the new ‘suitability matters’ regime, we thought it would be useful to revisit these requireme...

In this episode, we discuss additional care and services in residential aged care. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has recently published a Regulatory Bulletin on Additional Fees in Residential Aged Care. This Regulatory Bulletin addresses various issues approved providers should c...

In this episode, we look at the new NDIS restrictive practices authorisation scheme that has commenced in South Australia.

This scheme is relevant to any NDIS providers, including dual NDIS and aged care providers, that operate in South Australia and use one or more restrictive practices for an ...