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Budget 2019–20: Investing in Health and Medical Research – fighting diabetes
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide $56 million for research that will give new hope and support to the more than 120,000 Australian children and adults living with type 1 diabetes.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Life saving and job creating medical researchBudget 2019–20: Investing in Health and Medical Research – additional research infrastructure
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will invest in critical infrastructure to support lifesaving health and medical research, building on its $605 million investment to support the provision of vital infrastructure through the Medical Research Future Fund 10 year plan.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Life saving and job creating medical researchBudget 2019–20: Investing in Health and Medical Research – Channel Nine Queensland telethon
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will support lifesaving research into new treatments and cures for childhood life threatening diseases with a $2 million contribution to the annual Channel Nine Queensland telethon, which raises money for the Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Life saving and job creating medical researchBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – overview
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will increase funding for aged care by $7 billion over five years.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – residential care – interim increase to general subsidy
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide a one-off, across the board increase to the general residential aged care subsidy between March 2019 and June 2019.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – more home care packages
This Budget fact sheet outlines the Government's increase in home care packages.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – extending the Commonwealth Home Support Program
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will extend funding arrangements for the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) for two years, to 30 June 2022.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – mandatory national quality indicators
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will help ensure senior Australians, in residential aged care facilities, are receiving high quality clinical care by requiring regular public reporting by providers across the nation.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – serious incident response scheme
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will introduce a serious incident response scheme for aged care providers to report assaults and serious incidents in their facilities.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – reducing the misuse of medicines in residential aged care
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will prioritise better use of medicines in aged care, including the use of psychotropic medicines.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – strengthened regulation through risk based targeting and information sharing
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will introduce a new way to target and respond to poorly performing aged care providers.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – home care compliance – risk based monitoring and assessment
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will strengthen protections to make sure aged care services are being delivered safely to senior Australians in their homes.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – enhanced home care dementia cognition and support
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will increase the supplement paid to people receiving home care who are living with moderate to severe dementia.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – further enhancing safety in aged care
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will improve compliance in aged care by further enhancing the quality, safety and integrity of home care packages – including audits and reviews of quality and safety with providers.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – supporting implementation of the Aged Care Workforce Strategy
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government is continuing its commitment to improving the quality of aged care services by working with the industry to build an aged care workforce that will meet Australia’s future needs.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – trial of alternative residential aged care funding tool
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will trial a new residential aged care funding tool to replace the longstanding Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI).
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: More Choices for a Longer Life – support providers through business advisory services
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide accounting and business advisory help to aged care providers at risk of, or under, financial stress – often smaller providers servicing rural and remote areas.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Ageing and aged careBudget 2019–20: Preventive Health – establishment of a centralised Donor Human Milk Service
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide a one-off grant to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service to ensure that all premature babies born in Australia can access human milk.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Prioritising mental health, preventive health and sportBudget 2019–20: Preventive Health – supporting Australians living with epilepsy
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide $20 million towards the Epilepsy Smart Australia Program Pilot that will be delivered by Epilepsy Australia member organisations.
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Prioritising mental health, preventive health and sportBudget 2019–20: Investing in Health and Medical Research – Medical Research Future Fund 10 year investment plan
This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will continue its commitment to supporting lifesaving medical research with a $5 billion 10-year investment plan from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).
Part of a collection: Budget 2019–20: Life saving and job creating medical researchPrivate health insurance reforms – Gold, Silver, Bronze, Basic product tiers – fact sheet
This fact sheet describes the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Basic private hospital insurance tiers, and what they mean to you.
Part of a collection: Private health insurance reforms – campaign materialsROACA key facts 2017–18
These infographics highlight the key facts of the 2017–18 report on the operation of the Aged Care Act 1997 (ROACA). They include statistics on aged care providers, expenditure and types of aged care services.
Making private health insurance simpler for everyone – fact sheet (Vietnamese)
This fact sheet in Vietnamese describes the Government’s reforms to private health insurance.
Part of a collection: Private health insurance reforms – campaign materialsMaking private health insurance simpler for everyone – fact sheet (Arabic)
This fact sheet in Arabic describes the Government’s reforms to private health insurance.
Part of a collection: Private health insurance reforms – campaign materialsMaking private health insurance simpler for everyone – fact sheet (Korean)
This fact sheet in Korean describes the Government’s reforms to private health insurance.
Part of a collection: Private health insurance reforms – campaign materials