As set out in the our recent summary of the Aged Care and other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Act 2022, from 1 December 2022 approved providers are required to notify the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) of certain matters related to...
Residential Aged Care Funding (Schedule 1) Commencement 1st October 2022 Each care recipient will be assigned AN-ACC classification level to calculate a variable amount of the residential aged care subsidy. The transition from the ACFI to the AN-ACC will be automatic...
How long has this been going on? The current reform process commenced with the release of the first of four Consultation Regulatory Impact Statements (“CRIS”) in August 2019. Subsequent CRISs were released in December 2019, March 2020 and June 2021. These CRISs (as...
New Code The Code of Practice for Retirement Villages 2022 commenced on 1 April 2022. It is found in a schedule to the Fair Trading (Retirement Villages Interim Code) Regulations 2022 (WA). The new Code will apply for 3 years, expiring 31 March 2025. What has changed?...
The measure responds to the Royal Commissions’ Recommendation 120 which found that the Australian Government should fund approved providers for delivering residential aged care through a case mix classification system such as the AN-ACC. The Royal Commission also...
The Bill will amend the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth) and the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 (Cth) to enable the introduction of eight measures, namely: the introduction of the Australian National Aged Care Classification to replace the Aged Care Funding...
Please see below a summary of the guidelines as it applies to the residential aged care sector. In a residential aged care setting, where a critical worker has been exposed to a COVID-positive case in a ‘workplace setting’ by: not wearing full PPE (fit-tested N95/P2...
As announced today, from 12.01am on Thursday, 10 March 2022 the “very high” caseload setting will take effect, allowing all eligible industries (identified below) to implement the Policy. Before an employer can apply the Policy it must first register their critical...
As aptly explained in a note found in the Interim Code of Practice for Retirement Villages (No. 2) 2021: ‘Retirement villages are clearly marketed by the industry as permanent accommodation for their residents. Accordingly, a residence contract may be terminated only...
A failure to comply without a reasonable excuse is punishable by a fine of up to $20,000 for individuals, and $100,000 for bodies corporate. Following recent developments in New South Wales, aged care providers who contravene the Directions, may also be held liable...