Resources

This is the final draft of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards which will inform legislative drafting into the new Aged Care Act.

This brochure presents an overview of how Star Ratings for residential aged care works.

Social media image to support awareness of Medicare UCCs.

Social media image to support awareness of Medicare UCCs.

This is an overview of the new Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT) that will improve aged care assessments. We expect to introduce the IAT with the commencement of the single assessment system.

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.

Social media image to support awareness of Medicare UCCs.

Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of preventable blindness. In Australia, it occurs primarily in remote and very remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, South Australia, and Western Australia. This document reports on the prevalence of trachoma in Australia in 2022.

This review provides independent advice on the Adelaide PHN’s compliance with its financial and performance obligations with the Department of Health and Aged Care.

This poster, in English, explains what each rapid antigen test result means, and what to do if you receive a positive, negative, or invalid result.

This detailed paper guided the public consultation on the draft new Aged Care Act.

This paper is a plain English summary of the detailed consultation paper which guided the public consultation on the draft new Aged Care Act.

This is an exposure draft of the Bill for the new Aged Care Act that was the focus of a public consultation, which ran from 14 December 2023 to 8 March 2024

This document further details the role and responsibilities of the Haemopoietic Progenitor Cell Sector Clinical Advisory Group in the context of the National HPC Framework.

The recommendations provided in this report reference point-in-time data and current service providers involved in HPC donor recruitment. These recommendations are being considered by all governments, and where supported, will be prioritised according to need and available resources.

This excel template can be populated and uploaded in the HPOS file upload facility in order to claim payment under the program.

The First Nations Health Funding Transition Advisory Group met virtually on 16 November 2023. This document provides a record of the meeting.