Among all the sectors in Australia, Aged care; In the most crucial pivot, with lack of funding and governance is the most neglected sector. What’s its future? Will it still be traditional and old system? The world is changing after the pandemic. Workplaces are adopting the agile system, why not aged care?
The Australian Government is returning to the time frame of 1 July 2024, put forward by the royal commission, to deliver a reformed and improved in-home aged care program. After carrying out a range of consultation and research to inform the reform of in-home aged care. Lots of feedback were collected from older Australian and Aged care sector is now being reviewed. Some of the consultation include, Research testing the new home care program design with older Australians and their carers, peak body organisations and home care providers and a Living Lab Trial to test a new aged care assessment model.
Reform to in-home aged care should simplify current arrangements for older Australians by consolidating assessment arrangements and programs that are currently cumbersome for older Australians to navigate. the services should represent value for money for government and older Australians, Aged care expenditure over time should be predictable and fiscally sustainable.