Insights

In this third and final insight, we focus on how the transition to HELF aligns with food, drink, dining experiences, and lifestyle activities under Standards 6 and 7.

Now that the dust has settled on the home care reform announcements, it is an opportune time to sit back and ask ourselves what strategic issues are contained therein.

We’re hosting a webinar with Inside Ageing on December 5: Pricing strategies for the new $750,000 RAD threshold.

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.

Pride Aged Living & Russell Kennedy are pleased to release our White Paper in response to Aged Care Taskforce Recommendation 11: Additional Services

This year marks an inflection point in the life of the pride. Or as the saying goes, we’ve recognised that “what got us here won’t get us to where we are going”.

Providers have shared with us their concerns and uncertainties about how the new standards will impact their Additional Services (AS) programs.

Like me, I expect you received lots of emails and summaries of the budget very soon after it was delivered. The main theme I’ve seen in these is disappointment that the Taskforce recommendations were not dealt with.

As you will appreciate, home care organisations are complex, and there are many levers that you can focus on to improve the cash flow and performance of your business.

We are concerned that the rush to analyse and digest the recommendations quickly has led to an overemphasis on the operational/ financial impact.