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(a) the quality of aged care services provided to Australians, the extent to which those services meet the needs of the people accessing them, the extent of substandard care being provided, including mistreatment and all forms of abuse, the causes of any systemic failures, and any actions that should be taken in response;
After 27 February 2017, aged care providers are able to charge customers an exit fee to cover administrative costs which will be deducted from any unspent funds. [32] [33] [34] Providers are legally required to publish their maximum exit fees on the My Aged Care website. Not all providers require exit fees.
This requires approved providers, aged care workers (including contractors) and governing persons to meet a series of obligations: When providing care, supports and services to people, I must: act with respect for people’s rights to freedom of expression, self-determination and decision-making in accordance with applicable laws and conventions;
HuffPost published this information about hospice inspections as a resource for consumers making decisions about end-of-life care. The indicators do not necessarily reflect quality of care. The Washington Post in October published a database of other quality indicators. Both tools include information that in many states is difficult to access ...
Primary health care and aged care services are overseen by DHAC, while tertiary health services are administered by state and territory governments. The department is responsible for programs such as Medicare , the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme , and agencies such as the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the National Health and Medical ...
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Around a million people received government-subsidised aged care services, most of these received low-level community care support, with 160,000 people in permanent residential care. Expenditure on aged care by all governments in 2009-10 was approximately $11 billion. [19] The need to increase the level of care, and known weaknesses in the care ...