Aged Care Projects

AHA has vast experience of residential aged care. This includes

• Operating reviews of over 200 aged care facilities (and over 2000 community care providers) across Australia over the past 16 years
• Over 50 major projects conducted on behalf of governments regarding residential aged care including - access to services, costing and funding, quality and quality assessment, training, ACATs, younger people with disabilities, role of GPs, governance.
• Projects for aged care peak bodies including Development of the Capital Income Calculator Model and the People Before Paper Research project.
• Hands-on experience of many of our team, as nurses and health workers caring for residents, financial advisor or as managers responsible for the operation of facilities.
• Two of our Directors are members of the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) Panel of expert Administrators, for facilities which have failed to meet the aged care standards. Recent appointments include:
  • Kirralee Aged Care, Ballarat
  • View Hills Manor, Endeavour Hills.
    B oth of these appointments achieved good outcomes, one leading to the successful sale of the facility  and the other facility achieved full compliance with all quality standards.

Details are provided for the following projects:

• Quality Framework for Services Funded under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program (DoHA)
• Evaluation of the Council of Australian Governments Long Stay Older Patients Victorian Initiative (DH Victoria)
• Elder Abuse Prevention Strategy - Information Sessions (DHS)
  
• Supported Residential Services (SRS) Program - Development of a Risk Management Framework, Tools and Processes for Regulatory Monitoring (DHS)
• Aged Care GP Panels - Baseline and ongoing Surveys (DoHA)
• Evaluation of the Aged Care GP Panels Initiative (DoHA)
• Administrator and Advisor for Viewhills Manor aged care facility
  
• Administrator and Advisor for Kirralee residential aged care facility
• Capital Income Calculator Model (ACSA)
• Young people in Nursing Homes Research Project (DoHA)
• Access points - Tasmania and Queensland Pathways and Infrastructure Mapping Projects (DoHA)
• Aged Care Structural Reforms (DoHA)
• ACATs - Development and Delivery of a National Delegation Training Package (DoHA)
• ACATs - Transition Care Training (DoHA)
• Quality Performance Indicators in Public Sector Residential Aged Care Services (DHS)
• Nursing Home and Hostel Care Review Project (DoHA)
• Aged Care Association Australia (ACAA)
• Reviews of Aged Care Facilities (Various clients)
• People Before Paper Research Project (ACSA)