Resources

Slides for the Employer engagement webinars – attracting workers into aged care slides webinar.

A letter from the Chief Medical Officer to the Prime Minister about the proposal to remove mandated isolation for those who test positive for COVID-19.

An update from the Council of Elders after their meeting on 16 September 2022.

This document provides information on Managing Home Care Package service information in the My Aged Care ‘Find a Provider’ tool.

This guide explains how to create and maintain information about service delivery outlets using the My Aged Care Service and Support Portal.

This guide explains how to view and act on tasks and notifications, and manage and update task and notification preferences in the My Aged Care Service and Support Portal.

This document is for home care providers to give to prospective care recipients. You must give this document to people on pre-1 July 2014 fee arrangements who intend to move to your service. It provides information about how moving to a new provider may affect a person’s fees.

This document is for residential aged care providers to give to prospective residents. You must give this document to residents on pre-1 July 2014 fee arrangements who intend to move to your service. It provides information about how moving to a new service may affect a person’s fees.

This is an Exposure Draft of the Code of Conduct for Aged Care (Code). It contains a copy of the Code, which will start on 1 December 2022.

In late 2021, we undertook public consultation on a draft Care and Support Sector Code of Conduct. This report provides a detailed summary of the consultation process and the findings from the consultation.

The Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) have developed these national guidelines for the prevention, control and public health management of outbreaks of acute respiratory infection (including COVID-19, influenza and RSV) in residential aged care homes in Australia.

Standard clinical category definitions for private health insurance hospital policies, effective 1 October 2022.

This spreadsheet classifies MBS items by private health insurance clinical category or procedure type and includes MBS items commencing 1 October 2022.

From Semester one 2023, the National Consistent Payments (NCP) framework will provide support payments to supervisors, practices and registrars on the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program.

This presentation, delivered on 29 September 2022, contains an update to Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

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.

This infographic issued on 30 September 2022 provides a weekly traffic light report of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation across Australia.

COVID-19 vaccination – vaccination data – 29 September 2022.

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

Information on the new prescribed pattern of service 30/20 telephone rule, including relevant telephone attendance services. From 1 October 2022, GPs, Other Medical Practitioners and consultant physicians that claim relevant Medicare telephone items will be subject to the new rule.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the first Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 30 September 2022.

The $6.3 billion MRFF 2nd 10-year Investment Plan outlines the Australian Government’s plans for the use of MRFF funding from 2022–23 to 2031–32. It updates and builds on the first 10-year Investment Plan.

AusVaxSafety is a national system monitoring vaccine safety in Australia. The report shows how people receiving vaccines, or their parents and carers, responded to the SMS about their health a few days after vaccination at each schedule point in the National Immunisation Program in Australia 2021.

This report includes safety surveillance data collected by AusVaxSafety for all COVID-19 vaccine brands used in Australia from 22 February 2021 to 31 December 2021 and includes data pages specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.