The COVID pandemic has revealed the importance of adequate social protection and its role in safeguarding the wellbeing and security of our families, communities and economy. As Australia charts its…
Posted In: #138 Autumn 2021, Aged Services – My Aged care, Archive, Disability Services,
As the royal commission report into aged care reveals, the sector is severely underfunded. As a consequence, write Stephen Duckett and Anika Stobart, many older Australians don’t have the support…
Posted In: #138 Autumn 2021, Aged Services – My Aged care, Archive,
You may have heard talk about the ACAT (the Aged Care Assessment Team) and wondered just what it is that they do and how they can help you. The following…
Posted In: #128 Autumn 2016, Aged Services – My Aged care, Human Service Delivery,
My Aged Care is now the one-stop-shop for aged care services and information in Australia. Enis Jusufspahic explains the service.
Posted In: #128 Autumn 2016, Aged Services – My Aged care, Human Service Delivery,
Twenty-one years to implement HACC Inquiry recommendation. In 1994, Inner Voice reported on the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Community Affairs inquired into the Home and Community Care (HACC)…
Posted In: #128 Autumn 2016, Aged Services – My Aged care, Disability – National Disability Insurance Scheme, From the Vault, Human Service Delivery, Inner Sydney Voice – ISRCSD,
An Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) assesses a person’s ability to live independently in the community and makes recommendations but as Enis Jusufspahic points out it cannot force you out…
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