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2024年10月30日 — November 12 @ 8:00 am - November 15 @ 5:00 pm. 2024 AAG Conference. Nov 14. 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm. Financial Literacy for Care Managers in the Support at Home Program. Nov 21. 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Support at Home …
Senate inquiry greenlights Aged Care Act - Australian Ageing …
3 天之前 — Senate inquiry greenlights Aged Care Act. Natasha Egan November 4, 2024. The Aged Care Bill 2024 should pass, the inquiry has found, but with amendments say coalition senators who offer over 30 recommendations including with the start date of the new home care program. The Senate committee reviewing the legislation for a new Aged Care Act has ...
Future of home care - Australian Ageing Agenda
2 天之前 — With most older Australians preferring to stay at home rather than enter a residential aged care facility, medical technology is increasingly being developed to enable people to age in place. Established in 2016 with funding from the New South Wales Government, the NSW Smart Sensing Network is a not-for-profit innovation network that brings ...
'Yes means yes!' - Australian Ageing Agenda
2 天之前 — The “it” is sex; the speaker Gwenda Darling. “Just because I have a dementia diagnosis doesn’t mean that I’m not a sexual being,” she tells delegates attending the International Dementia Conference in Sydney in September. Darling – a long-time advocate for people living with dementia – was one of four participants in a panel ...
Lessons from implementing enhanced sensory care
2 天之前 — University of Tasmania’s Dr Sara Karacsony shares learnings from an aged care project found to improve quality of life for residents with dementia at end of life. Residents living with advanced dementia have unmet needs related to quality of life and palliative care. A collaboration between the ...
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2024年10月16日 — Australian Ageing Agenda is Australia’s trusted source for news, analysis, and opinions on ageing, aged care, and senior housing, serving professionals in these sectors.
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Australian Ageing Agenda (AAA) is an independent and authoritative bi-monthly magazine and news website for people who work in or around the broad aged services and retirement living sectors in Australia. It provides a range of objective news, analysis and opinion on ageing issues and policy, aged care and seniors housing.
First Australian definitions for wellness and reablement released
A position paper published by the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) provides the first Australian definitions for wellness and reablement, including 10 core principles to consider when delivering reablement in aged care. It also sets out the difference between reablement, wellness and restorative care, and rehabilitiation.
Budget: much to like, more to do - Australian Ageing Agenda
2023年5月10日 — Sector stakeholders – including peaks, providers and unions – have largely welcomed the federal budget, which directs $36 billion into the aged care sector in 2023-24. As previously announced last Thursday, this includes $11 billion to fund the 15 per cent workers’ pay rise. “Aged care workers have been undervalued and underpaid for too ...
Pay rise to be fully funded - Australian Ageing Agenda
In a pre-budget announcement – and in line with the Fair Work Commission’s ruling – the federal government has confirmed today the 15 per cent pay rise for aged care workers will be fully funded, representing an additional $11 billion for the sector over four years. “This pay rise is history making,” said Minister for Health and Aged ...