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2. Aged Care Act 1997 - Wikipedia

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   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;

3. Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

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   The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is a royal commission established on 8 October 2018 by the Australian Government pursuant to the Royal Commissions Act 1902. Former federal judge Richard Tracey and former Medicare chief executive Lynelle Briggs were appointed as Royal Commissioners, with Tracey replaced by another judge ...

4. Aged care in Australia - Wikipedia

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   Aged Care Services, Wahroonga, Sydney Aged care in Australia (also known as elderly care), is the provision of services to meet the needs of older people in Australia.It includes both residential aged care (nursing homes) as well as services provided in the home, such as personal care, home nursing, respite services, mobility and dexterity assistance, and the provision of equipment and aids.

5. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

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   The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS Standards) are Australia's principal health care standards, and apply to all health services including inpatient, outpatient, and community care. [5] There are 8 standards: Clinical governance; Partnering with consumers; Preventing and controlling infections; Medication safety

6. Affordable Care Act - Wikipedia

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   The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and informally as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

7. How Does the Affordable Care Act Affect Medicare? - AOL

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   The Affordable Care Act (ACA) set out to make healthcare more affordable. It had various effects on Medicare, such as improving coverage and eliminating the drug coverage gap (also called the ...

8. Department of Health and Aged Care - Wikipedia

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   The Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC), formerly the Department of Health, is a department of the Australian Government responsible for funding, promotion and regulation of health care in Australia. Primary health and aged care services are overseen by the DHAC, while tertiary health services are administered by the state and territory ...

9. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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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 ...