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Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Information and Resources
At Multicultural Aged Care Inc. (MAC), our primary responsibility and concern remains the safety and welfare of all members of CALD community groups and especially older people, and our staff and volunteers. Latest Aged Care Updates Dear colleagues Rapid Antigen...
Being prepared – Preparing outbreak resources – Department of Health
All services need to have resources available to respond quickly to manage a case of COVID-19 or an outbreak. These resources should be easy to access by all staff and have sufficient volume to cover staff, clients and visitors. Tips to prepare resources: in the event...
#ProudToProtect: Home and CHSP worker vaccination webinar – Department of Health
A special webinar sharing important information about the workforce vaccination requirements covered in the AHPPC National Framework and how these are presented through the state and territory public health orders took place on Thursday 9 December 2021. The webinar is...
CHSP workforce vaccination data now available online – Department of Health
Workforce vaccination data reported by all Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers via the My Aged Care portal is now available on the department's website. The public reporting lists each CHSP provider and reports on the percentage of workers ‘partially...
Apply for grant funding to support worker vaccination – Department of Health
Home care providers can apply for grant funding in 2021-22 through the Home Care Packages Program COVID-19 Vaccination Support Grant (Grant). The Grant provides additional financial support for Home Care Package (HCP) providers to increase COVID-19 vaccination of the...
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) reforms – Department of Health
The CHSP 2022-23 extension Grant Opportunity is scheduled to be published on GrantConnect on 13 December 2021. If a CHSP service provider is considering or planning to exit the program at 30 June 2022, with a decision subject to negotiations, we request this advice is...
Hospital Discharge and Provision of Commonwealth Home Support to COVID Patients – Department of Health
The Department of Health is aware there is high demand for Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) services and that some providers have limited capacity to take on new referrals, which can impact timely hospital discharge for some clients. Where possible, the...
Webinars: My Aged Care Reporting and Home Care and CHSP Vaccination – Department of Health
Vaccination is one of our most important defences against COVID-19 to protect senior Australians living at home and in the community, and the critical workforce who care for them. The aged care sector is at the forefront of protection and is publicly demonstrating...
My Aged Care Reporting – Virtual Tour of Vaccination Reporting – Department of Health
Friday 3 December 2021, 12-1pm AEDT - Register Now My Aged Care captures information on overall staff, the number of workers who have received a single or second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and the number of workers with authorised exemptions under public health...
#ProudToProtect – Home Care and CHSP Worker Vaccination – Department of Health
Thursday 9 December 2021, 12-1pm AEDT - Register Now In this webinar attendees will be given an overview of workforce vaccination requirements in the National Framework from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) and how these are presented...