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10 KEY questions on allied health that all nursing home organisations boards, executive and leadership and clinical risk management staff SHOULD be able to answer Introduction before getting to the questions. How did we come to this allied health situation? Allied health used to be incentivised to be provided under the previous ACFI (Aged […]
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How to keep Physio and Allied Health in Nursing Homes in an AN-ACC world after 1st Oct LATEST NEWS on BEC – AAC Health Group have FIVE remaining BEC (Better Elder Care) nursing home facility packages left, and six community ones (skip to the end if you’re a decision maker for an organisation wanting to […]
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Exclusive! Confirmation of governments plan to reintroduce the aged care funding reform bill that in the last parliament would have been the death of allied health if it had passed (luckily it didn’t!) You’ll hear this below from Anika Wells MP (and please watch in full she notes it’s not set in stone) She also […]
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NEW – A way to keep Physio and OT for nursing home residents after the 1st of October when the new funding model (AN-ACC) starts. A simple cost per a resident per a day option for nursing homes that meets compliance and expectations of the Department of Health and Quality standards (8 minutes per a […]
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How did we get to this? How is it even possible, even with a new Albanese government, that physio and allied health for older people won’t be funded? This is still the most common reaction of shock when families or others find out about this. Sadly this has been coming for some time, and in […]
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We URGENTLY need as many people as possible to write letters to the editor to stop the #deathofalliedhealth ! On October 1st, 2022 there will not be ANY mandated funding for physiotherapy and allied health. This means that vulnerable older people will go without the vital physio and other allied health services needed to stop […]
Who is (and isn’t supporting) older people in nursing homes needing physio and allied health? A guide for your consideration at the federal election and afterwards AAC Health Group including AAC Allied Aged Care founded the campaign to Stop the #deathofalliedhealth in nursing homes in September 2021, and officially launched on October 1st 2021 […]
YES. There is definitely always hope, and there is STILL hope for physio and allied health in nursing homes to continue! The QLD government report below shows this, and there is more like this coming as the federal election campaign comes. Rest assured we and a lot of others are DEFINITELY not giving up on […]
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Physios are NOT to blame for allied health not being funded The Sydney Morning Herald published today an article headlined “government targets aged care “over-servicing” by physiotherapists” , from journalist Dana Daniels , outlined a concerning picture of the government blaming physiotherapists as the sole reason they have decided to stop funding for all […]
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Please see below a snippet from our full senate submission. Why we are writing a submission to the QLD government We are very concerned about how our mums, dads, partners and family members living in QLD nursing homes will continue to receive physiotherapy and allied health services after October 2022. We were contacted by many […]
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Frustration as Government’s religious bill debate prioritised over aged care crisis – Aged Care News
As senator Patrick pointed out, today the religious discrimination bill is being debated in the senate instead of aged care. This is scheduled for tomorrow but may not be gotten to which is not good enough when defence has been called into nursing homes and aged care is in crisis. Our CEO and founder of […]
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Allied Aged Care Turns Six Growing up means getting bigger and stronger and Allied Aged Care has done just that, launching its new, streamlined brand. The new look AAC now includes both its core business of residential aged care and its expanding base of community allied health services, caring for children through to seniors. The […]
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Therapists seeing clients at home is good for them and us (as long as we get the balance right) My company Blue Ribbon Allied Health and I have enjoyed doing home and out of clinic visits in rural and regional areas for over 20 years. I’ve always seen clients in clinics as well, and often […]
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“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” ― Mother Teresa I was angry with my child one night for taking over an hour to go to sleep. He’d been kicking me, I was overtired, feeling sick as well, and I reacted by getting […]
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When I tell other therapists that I work in aged care, they’re OK with that. If I mention that a portion of my work is in pain management, the reaction is almost always negative. Why? Because the sad reality is that the pain management component of aged care often has a bad reputation. But, guess […]
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The body and mind doesn’t like change. In fact, it resists it. Our bodies are perfectly designed to maintain equilibrium, even if that equilibrium isn’t good for us. Some people call it “The comfort zone”. I once attended a seminar where it was said, “The comfort zone is not really that comfortable. It’s more the […]
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We live in a world of numbers. When we are young, one of the first numbers we are taught is our age. We will proudly say we are three and a half, or nearly four. When we get close to drinking or driving age we count the number of days left to go to “adulthood”. […]
