1. AGED CARE IS CHANGING

2. WHY DO WE NEED AGED CARE REFORM?
Australians are living longer as a whole.
Government will not have the money to build and run enough aged care homes to provide services to everyone. Needs to be sustainable and affordable.
People wish to stay in their own homes as long as possible – need to improve and expand home services.
Offer choice and put control back into the hands of consumers.
Encourages businesses to invest and grow.
Provides diverse and rewarding career options.

3. The projections suggest there will be around 40,000 centenarians in 2054-55
(Chart 1.7). This would be almost nine times the number expected in , and well
over three hundred times the 120 or so centenarians alive in

4. INCREASE IN ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ELDERS

5. WHAT HAS CHANGED? Productivity Commission Report
2011
Productivity Commission Report
Caring for Older Australians
2012 Living Longer Living Better Reforms announced
2013 Legislation passed
July 2014 Fees Policy changed in Home Care Packages
Residential care changes

6. WHAT IS CHANGING? July 2015 all packages delivered as CDC
My Aged Care - Central Client Record - Portals Commonwealth Home Support Programme - Regional Assessment Services Last ACAR round
2017
Home Care Packages allocated to the Consumer (Feb 2017)
Increase to 100,000 packages
2018
Home Care Packages and Commonwealth Home Support Programme merged

7. AGED CARE 1 JULY 2015 2014 14,689 people 2014 3,541 places 2014
192,834
people
2014
52,265
people
996,127
people

8. CONSUMER PATHWAYS After 1 July 2015
My Aged Care
(Screening)
Aged Care Assessment Team
Residential Care
Home Care
Regional Assessment Service
Basic support services (CHSP)
Service commences without further assessment

9. HOW DO WE CREATE CHANGE? ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE Consumer-centred
Commercial
Engagement
STRUCTURE & PROCESS
Service models
Business models - viability
Finance and IT systems
Job roles
PRACTICE
Ways of working
Knowledge, skills and attitudes needed by staff
Information and engagement with consumers
REVIEW
Monitoring and evaluation, quality reviews
Consumer engagement