Annecto to cease operations in July
After seven decades of providing aged and disability care, not-for-profit organisation Annecto will cease community service operations next month. Annecto...
Finance and governance
Calls for 20,000 new home care packages now
Ten federal crossbenchers have written to the government calling for the release of 20,000 home care packages this this week,...
Department managing of FFP ‘ineffective’
The Auditor General Report into the administration of the Future Fit Program by the Australian National Audit Office has been...
New guidance tool for CHSP providers
The department of health and aged care has released a new guidance tool for Commonwealth Home Support Program providers preparing...
Webinar discusses registration, audits, new standards
Allied health practitioners do not need to register as a provider if contracted by a registered provider and only organisations...
Home care pricing survey underway
The Department of Health and Aged Care is urging home care providers to respond to the survey emailed to them...
Calls for budget to tweak funding of home care programs
Provider peak body Ageing Australia has recommended the government fund care management at 20 per cent of the consumer’s package...
Seven ways to tackle Support at Home issues
In five months, the new Support at Home program will commence, but Adrian Morgan, general manager of Brisbane-based home care...
Two grants open to support home care providers
The Department of Health and Aged Care has opened applications for funding to support home care and home support providers...
Unspent home care funds continue to rise
StewartBrown’s most recent quarterly report shows that out of the 77,555 home care packages surveyed, there is a new average...
Anne Skipper farewells Silverchain
Having enjoyed a 14-year tenure, Anne Skipper has retired from her role as chair of Silverchain Group, with her contributions...
Merger off as Charlestown Caring Group closes
Just before Christmas, and two weeks before the deal was meant to be sealed, New South Wales Hunter region home...