Support at Home should not come at cost of CHSP
Four decades since the Hawke government introduced the Home and Community Care program – the precursor to the Commonwealth Home...
Month: September 2025
Scoping review collates outcomes of home mods
A research team from Flinders University has had its findings from a scoping review on the outcomes of home modifications...
New project to boost food enjoyment
Not-for-profit organisation the Maggie Beer Foundation is moving beyond residential aged care nutrition, launching a new initiative to transform food...
Rate of unmet care needs increasing in regional areas
A new national dataset developed by home care provider HomeCaring has highlighted a number of “care deserts” where communities have...
Sector welcomes packages, maintains call for more
The Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 has now passed through both Houses of Parliament, with provider peak...
CHSP model needs work, but elements should stay
Although the Commonwealth Home Support Program is due to be replaced by the new Support at Home model, providers should...
Preventative health classes reducing frailty
Investment in preventative health has been noted as an essential national health focus in the Productivity Commission’s Delivering Quality Care...
Fleming joins Meals on Wheels SA team
With under two months until the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards come into effect, Meals on Wheels South Australia has...
Rural, remote providers need to create ‘alliances’
Regional, rural and remote aged care providers operate in “thin markets,” but as Invox director and conference emcee Roland Naufal...
Flinders Uni home care research awarded $3m
A new Flinders University-led research centre has received $3 million over five years from the National Health and Medical Research...
Govt agrees to release extra 20,000 packages
Aged care stakeholders – including the Opposition, Greens and independent politicians – have welcomed the government’s announcement on Wednesday that...
StewartBrown releases SaH pricing report
To help the sector prepare for 1 November, aged care financial benchmarking service StewartBrown has published the Support at Home...