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

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

The gap between delivered care minutes and the mandated target has narrowed to just 9.61 minutes, the slimmest margin on record according to new Mirus Australia data. But the real story is what's propping that margin up. We unpack why boards shouldn't take August's compliance position at face value. Read More