Insights

As the sector grapples with inconsistent methodologies for setting accommodation prices, we are seeing greater interest in understanding how to establish and maintain a reliable pricing methodology.

We focus on the practicalities of implementing changes in your staffing mix and other changes to your rosters.

With all this uncertainty, it’s easy to say “We cannot update our strategic plan until the future is clearer”.

We’re hosting a webinar with Inside Ageing on November 14: New Strategy under the Aged Care Act.

This second Insight in our series on Strengthened Quality Standards and Additional Services explores Standards 3 and 4.

We’re hosting a webinar with Inside Ageing on October 17: Unpacking the Higher Everyday Living Fee.

Effective from 1 July 2025, providers will need to transition from Extra/Additional Services to Higher Everyday Living Fees (HELF).

We were pleased to see the Government take up all the key recommendations relating to the Support at Home program in its recently released response to the Taskforce recommendations.

We’ve been asking for a response to the Taskforce recommendations for a long time, and now we have it; well, we have some inkling as to what the future looks like.

The 1 October mandate of 215 direct care minutes aims to improve resident outcomes and ensure providers spend AN-ACC subsidies on care rather than use them to cross-subsidise deficits in hospitality services and or accommodation.