Extra Home Care Packages welcome but long-term strategy required to reduce wait times
LASA has welcomed today’s Government commitment of 6,105 extra Home Care Packages (HCP) and a new date for the Royal Commission report but says a detailed strategy is required to reduce the HCP wait time to three months. Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck announced...#ThanksforCaring: Aged Care Employee Day 2020 salutes superheroes and quiet achievers
#ThanksforCaring is the theme of Aged Care Employee Day 2020 (ACED 2020), with the call going out now to every community across the nation to honour aged care workers and volunteers and say “thanks for caring” on Friday 7 August. It will feature a national social...New compliance ratings a small step towards genuine quality indicators for residential aged care
Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, says the new compliance rating system for residential care is a beneficial move for prospective residents and their families. Beginning on 1 July 2020, every Commonwealth subsidised residential aged care...Supporting quality aged care for older Australians through appropriate funding a top priority
Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, welcomes the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s calls for submissions on financing aged care, to ensure our care system makes Australia the best place in the world to age. “It is critical...Call for health system coordination to protect older Australians
Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) is joining aged care peak bodies in calling for nationally coordinated health system protocols to protect the rights of older Australians and the proud and passionate staff who care for them. “Our aged care providers and staff...Events Calendar
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Mon 13
Demystifying the Aged Care Funding Instrument- Group A – SOLD OUT
25 June 2020 @ 9:00 am - 16 July 2020 @ 10:30 am
Mon 13
Demystifying the Aged Care Funding Instrument- Group B – SOLD OUT
25 June 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 16 July 2020 @ 5:30 pm
Mon 13
Governance in Aged Care Online – Group 4
29 June 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 20 July 2020 @ 2:00 pm
Mon 13
Governance in Aged Care Online – Group 6
1 July 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 22 July 2020 @ 1:30 pm
Mon 13
Governance in Aged Care Online – Group 5 – SOLD OUT
10 July 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 31 July 2020 @ 2:00 pm