NDIS has been a bumpy road, review finds
An independent review of the NDIS has found inordinately long waiting times, complex processes and a failure to grasp the...
Month: January 2020
Tensions rise over tender for single assessment approach
The aged care minister has refuted claims that the government is intending to privatise the aged care assessment process as...
GP guidelines updated to include elder abuse, LGBT
Elder abuse and issues relating to the care of LBGT people are covered for the first time in new clinical...
Beresfield Community Care merges with Adssi group
NSW aged care and disability service provider Beresfield Community Care (BCC) has merged with the Adssi group as providers fight...
Disability providers must help plan for future without parents
Disability services need to help the families of children with an intellectual disability plan for the day when their parents...
ACFA sees ‘merit’ in proposed home care funding overhaul
Home care providers will be paid after services are delivered instead of receiving a lump monthly payment in advance under...
Unspent home care funds climb towards $900M
Unspent home care funds continue to rise, with some $800 million, or more than $7,000 per client, sitting in coffers...
Noticeboard: AlayaCare teams up with Procura
Cloud-based home care software vendor AlayaCare has acquired aged, community and disability software provider Procura. Procura, which was founded in...
New learning platform aims to improve dementia care
Simplicity is important when communicating with a person with dementia, the head of Dementia Australia tells Community Care Review. Consumer...
Program breaks down barriers to accessing NDIS
A community program is helping families from Chinese backgrounds to better navigate the national disability system by providing them with...
Quality regulator becomes aged care’s one-stop shop
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is now the single regulator of aged care services and the primary point...
Slight improvement on home care queue
More than 110,000 older people are still waiting to receive the home care package they have been approved for, a...