Residential Aged Care (RAC) Funding Reform Working Group
The RAC Funding Reform Working Group advises the Department of Health 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:
- the potential new funding model, the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) and
- activities associated with its implementation.
For full details, view the working group’s Terms of Reference.
The Resource Utilisation and Classification Study (RUCS) developed the AN-ACC with advice from the RUCS Sector Reference Group. RUCS finished in December 2018 and the reference group ended in late 2019.
More information about the RUCS and report findings can be viewed online.
Members
RAC Funding Reform Working Group members as at March 2021.
|
Role |
Name |
Position and organisation |
|
Chair |
Nigel Murray |
Assistant Secretary |
|
Departmental clinical representative |
Prof Alison McMillan |
Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer |
|
IHPA representative |
Joanne Fitzgerald |
Executive Director |
|
Member |
Dr Chris Moy |
Vice President |
|
Member |
Claerwen Little |
National Director |
|
Member |
David Fisher |
Executive Director Corporate Services, Juniper Aged Care Workforce Remote Accord |
|
Member |
David Maher |
Managing Director Catholic Healthcare |
|
Member |
Derek Dittrich |
Policy Manager |
|
Member |
Felicity Beaulieu |
Chief Operating Officer, Residential, Bethanie Allied Health Professions Australia |
|
Member |
Ian Yates |
Chief Executive |
|
Member |
Janet Newlands |
Director of Care Services (regional, rural and remote providers) Beauaraba Living |
|
Member |
Prof John McCallum |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
Member |
Julie Reeves |
Federal Professional Officer Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
|
Member |
Kylie Laird |
General Manager, Funding Japara Healthcare Limited |
|
Member |
Larissa Hinds |
National Manager, Aged Care Transformation Services Australia |
|
Member |
Louise Connelly |
Manager, Finance Life Care |
|
Member |
Maree McCabe |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
Member |
Mary Carroll |
Manager Systems and Funding -Residential and Health Care UnitingCare Australia |
|
Member |
Nick Mersiades |
Director, Aged Care |
|
Member |
Paul Versteege |
Policy Manager |
|
Member |
Penny Lello |
Director, Deepening Change Independent Consumer Representative |
|
Member |
Sophia Petrov |
Director, Aged Care Reform Team |
|
Member |
Sue Elderton |
National Policy Manager |
|
Member |
Tim Hicks |
General Manager, Policy & Advocacy |
|
Member |
Prof Yun-Hee Jeon |
Program Director, StepUp for Dementia Research University of Sydney |
Communiqués
The working group meets as needed. The Chair decides the format and location of the meetings as they occur.
We publish the meeting communiqués online after each meeting.
Residential Aged Care Funding Reform Working Group Secretariat
Contact the secretariat if you have questions about the RAC Funding Reform Working Group.