The importance of self-managed care for CHSP providers (3)
Published 1 June 2023
Self-managed care doesn't necessarily mean that a care recipient is lumped solely with the responsibility for their care.
By how much is your power bill going down?
Published 31 May 2023
If federal Treasury modelling is right, the Energy Bill Relief Fund is going to make a real difference for low-income households.
Home Care Package funding goes up 12%
Published 29 May 2023
A huge pay rise for care workers is funded by the federal Government but make sure your service levels aren't reduced.
Is both-eyes-same-day cataract surgery coming to Australia?
Published 26 May 2023
Cataract surgery on both eyes is usually done one-eye-at-a-time but it is much cheaper to do both eyes at the same time. Is it safe?
What’s the role of triple zero in aged care?
Published 24 May 2023
The use of a taser on a resident led to widespread condemnation, but what was police doing in a nursing home? How often are they called out?
Why a Victorian bank came to NSW and why it is now leaving
Published 22 May 2023
Bank branches were once a major bank asset for banks. Bendigo Bank used them to become big, but now they're being discarded.
The importance of self-managed care for CHSP providers (1)
Published 18 May 2023
Self-managed home care is all the rage in the Home Care Packages Program, so CHSP providers would do well to understand how it works. The first in a series of three posts on self-managed care.
As a couple, are you prepared for the death of who dies first?
Published 18 May 2023
Older couples are well-advised to think ahead and get their affairs in order for the day when one partner passes on.
Australia to appoint federal anti-scam cop in two years’ time
Published 17 May 2023
Scams and scam texts, emails and calls are the blight of being online and connected. The federal Government is acting, but it will take time.
Is COVID over or is the world over COVID?
Published 15 May 2023
The World Health Organisation says the COVID-19 pandemic is over and that COVID is now a killer, like influenza. Caution is still needed.
The new home care program is delayed by another year
Published 12 May 2023
Home Care will continue as is until 30 June 2025 after reform got delayed by yet another year. Here's why and what will happen next.
Budget 2024 and the further refining of Support at Home
Published 10 May 2023
Another year, another delay, it seems the Department does not know how it is going to squeeze the larger CHSP into the corset of the much smaller HCPP.
Budget of compassion is only halfway there
Published 10 May 2023
Budgets are always disappointing to many and satisfying to few. This Budget tries very hard but as the song goes, we're only halfway there.
Why it’s likely the CHSP will continue after 1 July 2024
Published 8 May 2023
The enormity of effectively merging CHSP into HCCP over the next fourteen months is such that it won't be completed by 1 July 2024, argues CPSA.
What we know about the Budget so far
Published 8 May 2023
Budget 2023 will be released tomorrow. What will be in it for older Australians? Here's what we know so far.
Can you choose not to pay for your Home Care Package?
Published 5 May 2023
Every provider can charge the Basic Daily Care Fee but many don't. Why is this so, and can you choose not to pay it if it is charged.
Pensioners show solidarity: increase JobSeeker for all regardless of age
Published 3 May 2023
The Jobseeker payment is so low that any argument not to increase it substantially across the board is just cynical politics.
Is your next home address going to be in an office tower?
Published 28 April 2023
With a housing and rental crisis raging in Australia, thoughts are turning to office-to-apartment conversions while workers resist going back to the office full-time. Is it the solution?
Things you didn’t know about the $250,000 bank guarantee
Published 28 April 2023
The $250,000 bank guarantee is not as straightforward as you might think. It may literally pay to check out the detail as it applies to you.
Australia lags developed world on heart disease scanning
Published 26 April 2023
CT scanning must become the norm in the fight against heart disease. Two things need to happen: a guideline change and a Medicare change.
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