Resources
Government Provider Management System (GPMS) – Quick reference guide: Adding a new Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) Financial Reporting user in GPMS
This quick reference guide is designed to support Organisation Administrators to add new Financial Reporting users to the GPMS provider portal so they can access the QFR application.
A new Aged Care Act: the foundations – Consultation summary report
This report summarises the feedback received from the new Aged Care Act foundations consultation held in August and September 2023.
A new Aged Care Act: exposure draft – Consultation paper no. 2
This detailed paper guided the public consultation on the draft new Aged Care Act.
A new Aged Care Act: exposure draft – Consultation paper no. 2 summary – Plain English version
This paper is a plain English summary of the detailed consultation paper which guided the public consultation on the draft new Aged Care Act.
Exposure draft – Aged Care Bill 2023
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.
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Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program – Torrens University
This video highlights students’ experience in the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program. The program supports nursing students with high-quality clinical placements in the care and support sector, including aged care, and is open until December 2024.
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Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program – Flinders University
This video highlights students’ experience in the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program. The program supports nursing students with high-quality clinical placements in the care and support sector, including aged care, and is open until December 2024.
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Update for older people and carers – Aged care Data and Digital Strategy – Webinar recording – 7 November 2023
This webinar provides information to older people and their carers on the Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy, to be launched in December 2023. We are seeking feedback on the strategy which describes a vision and an action plan for data and digital to improve care and wellbeing of older people.
Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy – Webinar presentation slides – 7 November 2023
These webinar slides support the Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy webinar held on 7 November 2023. We provided information to older people and their carers on the Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy, to be launched in 2024.
24/7 registered nurse requirement exemption change of circumstances form
This form should be used by registered providers of approved residential care home with an exemption from the 24/7 RN requirement to notify the Department of any material changes to the alternative clinical care arrangements they have in place.
Privacy notice – 24/7 registered nurse responsibility exemption change of circumstances – APP 5 Notice
This privacy notice explains why we collect information in the notification of a change of circumstance for exemptions from the 24/7 registered nurse responsibility.
Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy - slides
This document provides information to aged care workers, assessors, health clinicians and the broader sector on the Aged Care Data and Digital strategy which is scheduled to be launched in December 2023. We are seeking feedback on the draft strategy from mid-October.
Aged care COVID-19 supports update – Webinar presentation slides – 23 October 2023
In this webinar, we provided the aged care sector with an update on the Australian Government aged care COVID-19 outbreak management supports. We also provided an update on ATAGI advice on the additional vaccination dose, IPC lead nurse evaluation, PPE deployment and grants.
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Aged care COVID-19 supports update – Webinar recording – 23 October 2023
In this webinar recording, we provided the aged care sector with an update on the Australian Government aged care COVID-19 outbreak management supports. We also provided an update on ATAGI advice on the additional vaccination dose, IPC lead nurse evaluation, PPE deployment and grants.
Aged care – Information for local government and councils (Stage 2)
This fact sheet explains how government wage rise funding will apply for the different aged care programs run by local government and council providers.
Opportunities for nurses specialising in aged care
A fact sheet about career support available for nurses working in aged care.
Aged care Industry Labour Agreement – Webinar slides
This presentation contains the slides presented at the Aged care Industry Labour Agreement webinar.
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Aged care Industry Labour Agreement – webinar recording
Watch the recording from the Aged care Industry Labour Agreement webinar.
Aged care worker wages – guidance document
This guidance document is for aged care providers on the provision of funding relating to Stage 2 of the Fair Work Commission Aged Care Work Value Case.
Employer Engagement webinars – Expanding the aged care workforce through Australian Apprenticeships (Traineeships) – presentation
Slides to accompany the Employer Engagement webinars – Expanding the aged care workforce through Australian Apprenticeships (Traineeships)
Allied health workforce data gap analysis – issues paper
This issues paper outlines the findings and recommendations of the allied health workforce data gap analysis project. This Paper was completed by Health Policy Analysis, who were engaged by the Department of Health and Aged Care in 2021-22.
Budget 2022–23: Workforce – growing and upskilling the workforce to improve care for senior Australians
A Budget 2022–23 fact sheet.
2020 Aged Care Workforce Census
This report presents the findings of the 2020 Aged Care Workforce Census (Census) conducted by the Australian Government Department of Health. It follows four previous similar reports on workforce data in 2003, 2007, 2012 and 2016.
Understanding fees for aged care homes – 1 July 2014 fee arrangements
This fact sheet outlines the fees you may be asked to pay for permanent residential care under 1 July 2014 fee arrangements.
Aged care Industry Labour Agreement
The Australian Government has introduced the Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement (ILA) to streamline the recruitment of qualified direct care workers from overseas to work in aged care.
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