Aged Care Quality Reform Webinar
The Department of Health and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission have provided a webinar update on the aged care quality reform program and in particular those reforms that will be implemented from 1 July 2019. Key areas covered include: Aged Care Quality...Home Care Price Publishing – 8 Point LASA Member Readiness Checklist
With approved home care providers now well underway with enacting the legislated requirements for improving the transparency and comparability of home care package pricing information, it is timely to provide LASA Members with a readiness checklist against which to...New international standards for dysphagia
International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) introduced new dysphagia standards frrom 1 May 2019. Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder that includes problems with chewing, sucking and swallowing food or drinks. When left unmanaged dysphagia can have...Annual and lifetime caps
From 1 July 2014, aged care recipients were asked to contribute more to the cost of their care through income and means tested care fees, based on their financial situation. These fees are paid to the aged care provider and are supplemented by the subsidy paid by the...Impact of RAD/DAP financial hardship assistance on the supported resident ratio
The Department of Health has confirmed that care recipients granted refundable accommodation deposit (RAD) or daily accommodation payment (DAP) financial hardship assistance are not included in the supported resident ratio. Only care recipients who have been assessed...Events Calendar
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Tue
25
Residential Aged Care Funding in a Nutshell (Brisbane, Qld)
25 June 2019 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Tue
25
Consumer Experience & Services in Aged Care & Aged Care Quality Standards Masterclass (Ardrossan, SA)
25 June 2019 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Tue
25
Responding to Concerning and Challenging Behaviours in SRS (Ballarat, VIC)
25 June 2019 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wed
26
Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) Workshop (Melbourne, VIC)
26 June 2019 @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Wed
26
RADs,DAPs,RACs & DACs (Brisbane, QLD)
26 June 2019 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm