The formation of the first peak body for consultants who operate in the age, retirement and disability sectors has just been announced and LiveWell Care is pleased to announce it’s membership of this association. The Association of Age Service Professionals is not …
Read moreThe full rollout of consumer directed care, the beginning of the Commonwealth Home Support Program, and the start of the My Aged Care Regional Assessment Service and client record; These were among the reform milestones that officially came into effect this …
Read moreFrom February 2017, funding for Home Care Packages will follow the consumer so they are free to select any approved provider to deliver their care. Eligible consumers will be able to select any approved provider to deliver their care, with …
Read moreChanges to HACC from July 2015 Major national policy and funding changes to aged services and disability services were announced in 2012 and are being progressively implemented. In 2015, sole funding responsibility for HACC for people in Victoria aged 65 …
Read moreNew fee arrangements for Home Care packages will begin on 1 July 2014. Means-testing via Centrelink will determine what care recipients will be asked to contribute to the cost of their care. For the new Home Care packages there will …
Read moreIn his article Costing Home Help, Australian Financial Review journalist John Wasiliev talks about the changes to home care fees being charged by home care providers. The article articulates how the funding system has worked to date and outlines the …
Read moreThe recently released Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report highlights the delays in older people accessing aged care. According to the report, of those older people assessed as requiring care servcies, 30 percent had not accessed a care services …
Read moreThe recent Leading Age Services Australia National Congress 2013 was the perfect forum for further discussion relating to Consumer Directed Care and the introduction of the new Home Care Packages and associated fees, and to the provision of funded and …
Read moreFrom 1 July 2014 the new means testing arrangements will begin, there will be new extra service arrangements and an Aged Care Pricing Commissioner will be appointed, whose role will be to approve accommodation payments that exceed the maximum prescribed …
Read moreThe Council of Social Services NSW (NCOSS) have provided a comprehensive summary of the newly named Home Care Packages and a view of what recipients of these packages can expect. The NCOSS summary questioned how well pre-defined levels of packages …
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LiveWell Care can help keep you up-to-date with any changes to reforms and help you prepare for any impact they may have.