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)
- the AN-ACC trial
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.
View the RUCS reports and details about the reference group on the National Library Web Archive.
Members
RAC Funding Reform Working Group members as at 27 November 2019.
|
Role |
Name |
Position and organisation |
|---|---|---|
|
Chair |
Nigel Murray |
Assistant Secretary |
|
Departmental clinical representative |
Dr Bernie Towler |
Principal Medical Adviser |
|
IHPA representative |
Joanne Fitzgerald |
Executive Director |
|
Member |
Dr Anthony Bartone |
President |
|
Member |
Claerwen Little |
National Director |
|
Member |
David Fisher |
Aged Care Workforce Remote Accord |
|
Member |
David Maher |
Catholic Healthcare |
|
Member |
Derek Dittrich |
Policy Manager |
|
Member |
Ian Yates |
Chief Executive |
|
Member |
Jodie Hewson |
Japara Healthcare Limited |
|
Member |
Prof John McCallum |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
Member |
Julie Reeves |
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
|
Member |
Karina Peace |
Bolton Clarke |
|
Member |
Louise Connelly |
Life Care |
|
Member |
Maree McCabe |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
Member |
Matt Bevan |
UnitingCare Australia |
|
Member |
Matthew Richter |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
Member |
Maureen Berry |
Bupa Aged Care |
| Member |
Dr Michelle Bennett |
Australian Catholic University |
|
Member |
Nick Mersiades |
Director, Aged Care |
|
Member |
Paul Versteege |
Policy Manager |
|
Member |
Penny Lello |
independent consumer representative |
|
Member |
Sean Rooney |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
Member |
Sophia Petrov |
Director |
|
Member |
Sue Elderton |
National Policy Manager |
|
Member |
Prof Yun-Hee Jeon |
University of Sydney |
Meetings
The working group meets as needed. The Chair decides the format and location of the meetings as they occur.
We publish meeting communiqués after each meeting.
The first meeting was on 27 November 2019.
Contact
Residential Aged Care (RAC) Funding Reform Working Group secretariat
Contact the secretariat if you have questions about the RAC Funding Reform Working Group.