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Aged Care News: National Diability Insurance Scheme Still Not Across the Line

By Samantha L on Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Carlton Captain Chris Judd and leading aged care providers will take part in the Every Australian Counts cycling challenge to showcase support for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The NDIS has still only been committed to pilot funding by State Governments, meaning only 40,000 Australians will receive funding, when in reality over 400,000 Australians are living with a disability.

 

Aged Care Jobs Western Australia: ACFI Financial Workshop

By Samantha L on Tuesday, November 19, 2013

LASA-WA (Leading Age Services Western Australia) will hold an ACFI Financial Workshop in October.

The workshop is aimed at facility managers, care managers and clinical nurse managers.

Registration is open now and will close by the 17th of October (or until fully booked). The workshop will teach participants to:

 

Understanding Aged Care: Facing Dementia through Theatre

By Samantha L on Tuesday, November 19, 2013

The family meets for the first Christmas lunch without the mother, Rose, whose absence is marked by an empty chair.

But how ‘absent’ is she?

And as the father begins to display some eccentricities, it is realised they may soon be losing him to dementia.

This is the synopsis for The Empty Chair a play that faces dementia, with understanding and good humour.

 

Aged Care Jobs: Investors Turning Away from Aged Care

By Samantha L on Tuesday, November 19, 2013

The Adelaide Advertiser reports that investors are turning away from aged care, preferring to invest in the more lucrative retirement villages. Reasons for no longer investing in aged care include the rising cost of land, cutbacks in business lending and that retirement village offer more long-term cash flow.