Health in 2015: The impact of the budget
The budget means big changes for the aged care sector, and also signals wider shifts in health care. It’s certainly important to understand what’s going on.
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The budget means big changes for the aged care sector, and also signals wider shifts in health care. It’s certainly important to understand what’s going on.
Aged care faces no shortage of challenges with regards to access to care, and the Aged Care Financing Authority is attempting to deal with this issue by seeking comments.
CEO of LASA Patrick Reid has come out in support of the Personally Controlled eHealth Record in Australia, but notes a point of concern.
Aged care faces numerous funding sustainability issues, and the budget may have not fully addressed them when it was released last week.
Aged care faces numerous challenges, and a strong, capable workforce is just one. It’s going to become an even more important issue in the near future.
Aged care requires funding to meet resident demand – but there’s a real danger of inadequate investment over the next few decades.
Aged care faces a substantial number of challenges – but there are clear solutions over the next few decades that could address them.
An important event has recently been held in Australia, allowing people to contribute new solutions for aged care, and it will likely continue to do so.
The budget is on the way – and there are certainly going to be a significant number of impacts for the aged care sector.
Digitisation and robotics are just two new technologies that will end up changing the aged care sector for the better over the next few years.