Publications

This guide provides Home Care Providers with step-by-step instructions on how to use and access the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) portal for In-home Care.

An update from the Council of Elders after their meeting on 11 October 2022.

The sixth meeting of the Nurse Practitioner Steering Committee (NPSC) was held on 18 October 2022.

This report shows the monthly growth in ACFI subsidies compared to estimates for August 2022.

This summary report outlines the development and design of Star Ratings for residential aged care.

This issues paper identifies the ethical, legal, social and cultural issues surrounding the collection and use of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander genomic material and data in both clinical and research settings.

The Australian Medical Research and Innovation Priorities 2022-2024 are the fourth and current set of Priorities for the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

All topics requesting consideration under the MBS Continuous Review and potential review by the MBS Review Advisory Committee require completion of a review request.

This presentation contains the slides presented at the Digital Transformation Tech Talk webinar for aged care and IT professionals on 25 October 2022. The webinar focused on aged care reform and how our digital transformation initiative is transforming the aged care IT network.

This presentation contains the slides presented at the first Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 30 September 2022.

We have engaged an independent organisation, Taylor Fry, to provide statistical quality assurance (QA) of the shadow Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) assessment data to ensure assessor and assessment consistency.

This blueprint is a resource for sport events to assist in understanding and informing the key decisions and actions within the event lifecycle required to deliver a sustainable event.

A report on the financial performance of the Australian aged care sector for the 2020-21 financial year. It includes analysis of residential aged care, home care, and the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP).

A key findings infographic of the Financial Report on the Australian Aged Sector 2020–21. It includes analysis across residential aged care, home care, Commonwealth Home Support Programme, information access and residential care providers operational results.

We are consulting on draft strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards as part of the urgent review currently underway. This document provides a summary of the strengthened Quality Standards we are seeking your feedback on.

This communique summarises the fourth meeting of the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce, held on 4 November 2022.

Slides to accompany the Employer Engagement webinars – Expanding the aged care workforce through Australian Apprenticeships (Traineeships)

The Minister for Health and Aged Care has requested an independent, high-level review of the Integrity of Medicare and the compliance mechanisms. The review will focus primarily on the Medical Benefits Scheme.

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally. The report includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, testing and PPE provided to affected services.

We provided updates on the COVID-19 vaccination rollout for people with disability and disability support workers.

This presentation, delivered on 3 November 2022, contains an update to Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

This alert contains updates for disability service providers about the COVID-19 vaccination rollout.

This presentation, delivered on 3 November 2022, contains an update to Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

These reports list the percentage of people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 by local government area (LGA).

This infographic issued on 4 November 2022 provides a weekly traffic light report of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation across Australia.