New nursing home accommodation costs $40.32 per bed per day over 25 years to build and fit out, Access Economics reveals in this report commissioned by a coalition of major Australian providers of aged care. The cost compares with a legislated cap on the per-bed payment of just $26.88 per day.
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Catholic Health Australia has released a policy proposal for the Federal Government to establish a single national agency to improve community access to aged care services and provide much-needed information to older Australians and their families. The paper proposes a "one-stop shop" for to help older Australians access and understand their aged care options.
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Catholic Health Australia made a submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee Inquiry into Residential and Community Care in Australia, discussing some of the challenges aged care services were facing, including diversity, regulation, unmet need, affordability and lack of consultation.
In its submission on the Senate Inquiry into amending the Aged Care Act, Catholic Health Australia explained that while it broadly supported the proposed changes, four proposals were not supported by CHA: revoking service provider status; creating a new authority to set a maximum bond; imposing sanctions on the provision of "future care"; and creating a new authority to deter future non-compliance.
Catholic Health Australia, UnitingCare, and Baptist Care issued a joint submission to the Australian Government on the future of the Aged Care Conditional Adjustment Payment. The submission was prepared by Access Economics. The report made three recommendations to be considered as part of the conditional adjustment payment review.
CHA adopted in July 2008 a new vision for aged care - The Aged Care Policy Blueprint which it seeks to see achieved by 2020. The Aged Care Policy Blueprint is a product of wide consultation with the operators of Catholic Aged Care services. The last major reform of residential aged care policy occurred in 1997. CHA considers that it is time for the next major reforms to be implemented.
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