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Room moves in residential aged care - what are the rules and can the MPIR change?
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...
A new model for representatives in the new Aged Care Act - what is being proposed?
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...
When a home care client is unable to be contacted for an extended period - what is the government guidance on this issue and what steps should home care providers take?
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...
Aged Care Governance 2023 - the challenge of management knowledge and Board accountability
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...