Residential Aged Care (RAC) Funding Reform Working Group

The RAC Funding Reform Working Group advises the Department of Health and Aged Care on residential aged care funding reform activities.

Role

The working group advises on issues related to the potential reform of the residential aged care funding system.

This includes issues related to:

For full details, view the working group’s Terms of Reference.

Members

RAC Funding Reform Working Group members as at March 2021.

Role

Name

Position and organisation

Chair

Mark Richardson

Assistant Secretary Residential Care Funding Reform Branch

Department of Health and Aged Care

IHACPA representative

Genevieve Donnelly

Executive Director, Aged Care Policy and Communications

Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA)

Department of Health and Aged Care

Member

TBC

Australian Medical Association 

Member

TBC

National Aged Care Alliance

Member

Nathan Blane

Senior Analyst, Positive Communities Uniting Care Australia

Member

David Fisher

Executive Director Corporate Services, Juniper

Aged Care Workforce Remote Accord

Member

David Maher

Independent Member

Member

Derek Dittrich

Interim General Manager Policy & Advocacy

Aged & Community Care Providers Association Ltd

Member

Felicity Beaulieu

 Executive General Manager Business Integration, Bethanie

Allied Health Professions Australia

Member

Sophia Petrov

COTA Australia

Member

Janet Newlands

Director of Care Services (regional, rural and remote providers)

Beauaraba Living

Member

Jason Kara

Director of Aged Care

Catholic Health Australia

Member

Prof John McCallum

Chief Executive Officer

National Seniors Australia

Member

Julie Reeves

Federal Professional Officer

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Member

Kaele Stokes

 Executive Director, Advocacy & Research

Dementia Australia

Member

Kylie Laird

General Manager, Funding

Japara Healthcare Limited

Member

Louise Connelly

Manager, Finance

Life Care

Member

Karina Peace

Representative of:

  • VIC Aged Care Network (Calvary, Craig Care, Uniting VIC, Bluecross, Mecwacare, MAACG and HWL Ebsworth Lawyers)
  • Unnamed separate group (Allity, Australian Unity, Catholic Healthcare, St Vincents and Bluecare)

Member

Mary Carroll

Manager Systems and Funding -Residential and Health Care

UnitingCare Australia

Member

Paul Versteege

Policy Manager

Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association

Member

Penny Lello

Director, Deepening Change

Independent Consumer Representative

Member

Sue Elderton

National Policy Manager

Carers Australia

Member

Prof Yun-Hee Jeon

Program Director, StepUp for Dementia Research

University of Sydney

 

Meetings

The working group meets as needed. The Chair decides the format and location of the meetings as they occur.

Contact

Residential Aged Care Funding Reform Working Group Secretariat

Contact the secretariat if you have questions about the RAC Funding Reform Working Group.
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