This week came the release of the 2018-2019 budget, and with it a number of key factors for the Aged Care Industry on the changes

As we all know, the July 2014 reforms brought about a lot of change to our industry; how consumers pay for their accommodation, consumer fees

Welcome to Provider Assist’s FIRST EVER Impact Report! In 2017, to reconnect our day-to-day to our impact and to continue to make changing the lives

The ACFI Rumour mill keeps on churning and we are still getting panicked calls about how ACFI will be gone in 6 months…so we’re taking

You may remember back in September 2016 the Department of Health released information about charging fees known as ‘capital refurbishment fees’ or ‘asset replacement fees’.

This time of year is a wonderful opportunity to sit back and reflect on the last 12 months. Thank you so much to each and

One question we often get asked is “what if we can’t provide a 4a or 4b treatment because my facility is in lockdown?’. It’s a

There’s been a lot of discussion and speculation recently about potential changes to ACFI and the introduction of a new funding tool. As always, we’ve

ACFI Validation is a hot topic in the industry now so we’ve compiled some insights from the most recent validation stats to be released (for

There are 3 types of ACFI validation. 1. E-validation: Offsite validation process where you forward ACFI packs and supporting evidence for nominated Residents to the

1. PREPARATION Preparation begins well before an ACFI validation is booked in. Good systems and training is what’s required to lower stress levels and workloads

2016 has certainly been a tumultuous year for the Aged Care industry in Australia. But that’s not what this article is about! These challenges have

In October 2016 we were lucky enough to attend the Celebration of Life event held at Collingwood Town Hall in Victoria. Organised by Paul Brophy

Yesterday, the Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, outlined a revised package of aged-care funding measures. Overall, this revision to the ACFI

Every month we round up some of the most important and interesting topics in aged care on Twitter. This month we saw a lot of

Our message is: keep calm & take action! Yet again, there’s a lot of sensationalism and fear mongering from media and people within the industry.

There has been much in the media in recent months regarding the Aged Care industry; accusations of rorting, profiteering and over-claiming of the Aged Care

Working in an industry that is so significantly funded by Government, we are at the mercy of the instability of future political and policy changes

There has been plenty of talk in the industry around the July 1 changes. Of course we won’t know for sure until the changes are

Further to our Media Release explaining our position on the media claims in relation to the alleged Aged Care rorting. We’re here to help you cut