Residents write book of recollections and recipes
Christmas celebrations came early for Melbourne aged care residents with the release of a Christmas Cookbook containing their own recipes....
Month: December 2024
Greiner joins National Seniors Australia
Seniors advocacy peak body National Seniors Australia has welcomed Kathryn Greiner to its board of directors. Ms Greiner brings to...
KPMG and PCS join forces
A collaboration between KPMG Australia's Community Care platform and technology provider Person Centred Software aims to provide operators a unified...
Home care tech needs more funding
According to a group of industry, university and government partners, the government must increase funding for technology in home care...
Home mods cap will force people to resi care
The proposed $15,000 lifetime cap on home modifications under the new Support at Home program will force older people into...
Free dementia training for workers
The Australian government has announced a new educational resource for aged care workers that aims to boost their ability to...
New quality commissioner appointed
Federal bureaucrat Liz Hefren-Webb has been appointed as the incoming Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner. Ms Hefren-Webb, who is...
Merry Christmas from CCR
As we approach the end of the year, the team at Community Care Review and Australian Ageing Agenda would like...
Support at Home price caps delayed for 1 year
The government has announced providers will continue to set their own prices for the first year of incoming home care...
A triumph for telephysiotherapy trial
A study investigating the use of telehealth to increase residential and home aged care recipients’ access to physiotherapists has improved...
Govt launches dementia plan
The government has launched the much-awaited 10-year plan to improve dementia awareness and services as well as the population’s risk...
Experts share CHSP opportunities
The collection of contribution fees is among the challenges Commonwealth Home Support Program providers are going to face from July...