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With a panel of three aged care provider executives sharing strategies on meeting care requirements during a workforce shortage, Mirus Australia’s webinar has drawn hundreds from the sector.

AI can help us. It can provide us with performance improvement that a lot of businesses around the world are starting to benefit from. It will augment a lot of tasks with a lot of skilled understanding.

This recorded webinar features a technology-focused discussion with representatives from leading organisations including Mirus founder Rob Covino.

Develop a plan. Stay the course. Appoint local champions for technology and change. Do better or someone will come in and do it for you. Some pieces of advice industry leaders have for aged care providers regarding their digital transformation journey.

Care minutes totals have bounced back after a seasonal holiday dip, but there is reason to take stock of AN-ACC management styles as the age of AN-ACC reclassifications continues to rise.

Published care minute targets for this quarter have changed for most residential aged care services – including by more than a minute for 41 per cent of services.

Fresh care minutes controversy has surfaced after the Government acknowledged it published inaccurate care minute targets that may have impacted some providers relying on Government data.

Providers have been told by the federal government to calculate their own care minute targets in wake of revelations it has been publishing incorrect data for over a year.

A lack of confidence in managing care minute data is one of the largest hurdles aged care providers currently face after Mirus Australia’s latest analysis of the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) transition.

Mirus’ MIA, November edition release, has revealed the industry has surpassed an important milestone: the sector-wide care minute average of 200 minutes per resident per day.

Aged care providers are continuing to fall short of the mandatory minutes of care residents should be receiving from registered nurses, new analysis shows.

The data, which reflects nearly one-third of the residential aged care sector, still shows a shortfall in RN care minutes despite the increase, and with Mirus finding that 92% of facilities are under-reporting their care minutes, millions in funded rosters are not being reported.

With mandated care minutes now in place, operators run a significant risk: let your occupancy drop and you may be over-spending on workforce. But reduce your staff by too much and you risk being caught out by the regulator. Could Hollywood provide a solution?

From October 1st, care minutes are mandatory, but unfortunately, many aged care providers are still reliant on manual and retrospective processes to track and report on care minutes.

Aged care providers have serious concerns about the toll the reforms may have on their teams and the sector in the coming year, says a survey.

Almost all aged care leaders taking part in an industry survey say the sector’s funding is inadequate but only half think more opportunities to boost user pay revenue in accommodation and services is the solution.

A new survey by the advisory group suggests that aged care providers are looking to overhaul their business models as the funding gap continues to widen.

Aged care providers are receiving another major funding boost after the Government announced an additional $2.1 billion investment to increase the AN-ACC price from December 1.