Australian Mental Health Care Classification Consultation Paper Released

The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) has released the first public consultation paper on the Development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification.

Commonwealth Home Support Program Details Announced

Details of the new Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), which begins on 1 July 2015 have been announced by the Australian Government.

Australian-first Research into People Living with Dementia in Retirement Villages

Living with dementia in retirement villages will be looked into for the first time with Alzheimer’s Australia NSW conducting a research project on whether people with dementia are well-supported in a village environment.

Still Work to do on Closing the Gap of Indigenous Life Expectancy

Southern Adelaide Health Alliance launches second round of projects

The Southern Adelaide Health Alliance (SAHA) has launched its second round of projects which will focus on cancer survivorship, wound management and allergy services.

Aged care IT council launches vision for aged care

After nearly two years in the making the Aged Care Industry IT Council’s (ACIITC) Information and communications technology vision for the industry was recently launched by Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews. The event was very well attended with close to 90 representatives from industry, bureaucracy and federal parliamentarians.

Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islander Health Leaders Call for Co-payment to be Scrapped

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Leaders from across Australia say the co-payment is against the principles of health equity outlined in the Statement of Intent to Close the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes.

Seniors Advised to Love Your Lungs

Almost two-in-three Australian seniors maybe jeopardising their ‘golden years’ by not protecting against an often fatal lung infection, despite being at increased risk.1

ACSA Celebrates Removal of Commonwealth Building Certification Process for Residential Aged Care

Message from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Lee Thomas, Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), presents this issue’s foreword.

This one’s for the nurses

Five was the magic number for two Lutheran Community Care aged care services where nursing staff recently traded places to an acute setting and university students kicked-off their first year nursing placement at Buderim on the Sunshine Coast. Lara Caughey reports.