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13/06/23
In June 2023 the Department of Health and Aged Care released the new “Aged Care Reform Roadmap” (Roadmap). The Roadmap sets a rough timeline of key upcoming reforms to the aged care sector. You can see the full, detailed Roadmap on the Department’s website. In the meantime, here are the highlights for June to December 2023.
June 2023
- Elder Care Support Program recruits and trains 68 staff to support First Nations elders to access aged care.
July 2023
- Residential aged care services must have a registered nurse onsite and on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- 15 per cent award wages increase for many aged care workers.
- Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner prepares for consultation about the design of the permanent First Nations Aged Care Commissioner.
- Office of the Inspector General of Aged Care established and acting Inspector-General
- Community Visitor Scheme expanded and renamed Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme (ACVVS).
- Responsibility for financial monitoring transfers from Department of Health and Aged Care to Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.
- New Food and Nutrition Advisory Support Unit (FND Unit) established.
- Integrated Care and Commissioning trials progressively rolled out in 10 sites around Australia.
August 2023
October 2023
- Mandatory residential aged care minutes increase to 200 minutes, including 40 minutes mandatory care from a Registered Nurse (RN).
- Enrolled Nurse Care Minutes delivered in residential aged care will be published with the Star Ratings .
- Aged care providers must submit annual information about their operations by 31 October.
December 2023
- Exposure draft for a Bill for a New Rights-Based Aged Care Act will be ready as part of the consultation process for the legislation.
- 24/7 RN coverage in residential aged care will be published with the Star Ratings on the My Aged Care ‘Find a Provider’ Staffing pages.
- Release of the national aged care data and digital
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About the Author
Mark Bryan
Mark is a Legal Content Consultant at Ideagen CompliSpace and the editor for Aged Care Essentials (ACE). Mark has worked as a Legal Policy Officer for the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and the NSW Department of Justice. He also spent three years as lead editor for the private sessions narratives team at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in Arts/Law from the Australian National University with First Class Honours in Law, a Graduate Diploma in Writing from UTS and a Graduate Certificate in Film Directing from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
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