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Funding claim changes
The changes coming to claiming funding
New documentation requirements for restrictive practice
The DoHDA released this week new advice on gaining consent for restrictive practice. The information supports my direction of increasing the amount of documentation in progress notes, in particular, recording conversations had with residents and relatives as evidence. In this release the advice is to ensure providers have recorded in
Resident Relative Interview Questions
Questions you can expect resident relatives to be asked on interview. We completed this with an independent ATACA consultant for transparent and anonymous feedback.
Manager Questions for registration
Questions your Management team will expect to know
RN interview questions
Taken from trial registrations
Registration Preparation Plan
Plan to guide work for preparation in registration audits
Profitability table
Profitability Table 1 October 2025
The money or the care?
The pros and cons to your ANACC approach
Why Palliative Care Does Not Automatically Qualify for Class 13
Why is a resident who is end of life not a Class 12 under ANACC?
Class 8: Understanding Low Cognition: When the Brain Struggles to Process Functions
Class 8 low cognition requires specific evidence of how the mental processes become less efficient. NOT the diagnosis of cognitive deficit.
ANACC Masterclass is back
Learn what the Dept of Health is planning for ANACC in 2026!
Are ANACC teams the best way to use your skilled staff?
Chatgpt to help with progress note writing. Are your staff using it?
In Australia, the use of public generative AI tools such as ChatGPT within aged care facilities must comply strictly with existing privacy laws, particularly the federal Privacy Act 1988 and applicable state and territory legislation. A fundamental rule is that personal or sensitive health information must never be entered into
Class 11 progress notes
Care Minute update
AN ACC
Class 8 to 11
End of Year wrap up
Another huge year for our aged care industry with changes to our Act, Standards, Care Minutes, AN ACC, reporting and HELF. Thank you for our shared time over this year and cheers to new beginnings! May you enjoy your well deserved break and wishing you and your loved ones the
AN ACC
Class 8 progress note
An example of progress notes for a class 8 resident.
December lets chat - postponed (again)
Funding
Changes to funding?
Changes on the horizon to funding and care minutes!
HELF
I'll get by With a little HELF from my friends...
Don't forget, you MUST start to implement HELF as soon as you can to offset the declining income through government funding.
AN ACC
Prioritising evidence in AN ACC
prioritising documentation
Funding
What happens after RADs?
Our wonderful colleagues have kindly permitted their discussion paper on Capital Funding for aged care to be published on this website. It certainly makes some valid points for the future of aged care in Australia. Definitely worth the read.