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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...

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 talk about issues that home care providers should start to consider now, pending the release of the changes to the Quality of Care Principles and the commencement of the incident management and Serious Incident Response Scheme requirements for home care.

These changes are par...

In this episode, we discuss the changes to the requirements for key personnel of approved providers. 

In particular, we talk about the suitability test that is due to replace the disqualified individual test. 

These changes are part of the Aged Care Royal Commission Response No. 2 Bill that the...