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Must Read Support at Home: Intentions undermined by complex reality, residents survey finds

“People need help now, not in 12 months.” A new survey has captured the frustrations of older Australians waiting for Support at Home services, with residents calling for a simpler system that delivers care when it is needed. Read more

The ‘easy’ aged care assessment is disappearing, and the harder one still takes just as long

By HelloCare Editorial Team

Three quarters of Single Assessment System data reveal a quieter story behind the "record year" headlines: fewer Australians are getting the simple home support assessment, more are being pushed into the complex comprehensive pathway, and that pathway's wait time hasn't improved since December. The likely driver is Support at Home's new classification rules. Read More

Researchers identify a possible cause of chronic pain after shingles

By HelloCare Editorial Team

For some people, shingles pain does not end when the rash disappears. New research has identified how tiny particles in the blood called exosomes may interfere with nerve repair and keep pain-sensing neurons hypersensitive, offering a potential new pathway for treating long-term pain. Read More

FOI documents reveal ministers were briefed three days before aged care algorithm rollout

By HelloCare Editorial Team

FOI documents reveal aged care ministers were warned just three days before Support at Home began that assessors had no legal power to override the new funding algorithm, despite previous advice indicating they would. An override function had even been built into the system. Read More

AN-ACC price is $7.72 short when current costs are applied

By Jakob Neeland

Can a pricing model based on historical provider costs, then adjusted through indexation, keep pace with the actual cost of delivering care when those costs are changing rapidly? When StewartBrown applies newer provider cost data to the pricing methodology, it arrives at $310.91 - that’s a $7.72 difference. Read More

#WisdomWednesday

Wisdom Wednesday is about celebrating the experience and wisdom of our elders across the globe through storytelling. It's through these stories that we attempt to elevate their often unspoken worth and value of age unwittingly lost to peers and future generations. Do you have an elders story to share or are you an elder yourself that would like to be interviewed? Help us celebrate the lives of older Australians through Wisdom Wednesday, a weekly segment posted every Wednesday. Our older generation are by definition the most experienced members of our community, but as they age and transition into more passive, physically constrained roles in society, their importance often dwindles, particularly so as they enter long-term care. 

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