The Expressions of Interest for the 2nd round of Regional Development Australia funding have been released with three ACT projects put forward: Snowy Hydro SouthCare Fund – Snowy Hydro SouthCare Fund Building Territory and Municipal Services – Canberra Avenue Bus Priority Measures and Cycle Lanes West Belconnen Health Cooperative Ltd – Focused Aged Care Primary [...]
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New grants to help prevent falls
The ACT government has recently announced grants totalling over $144k to help prevent falls, a major cause of serious injury in older people and people with a disability. I know because my Nanna was in robust good health until at the age of 96 she fell and broke her hip. Infection set in and unfortunately [...]
GP Locum Service
The election announcement this morning that a re-elected ACT Labor Government will commit $1.94 million over 4 years into a GP locum service is excellent news for the city’s aged community. Complementing the existing out-of-hours CALMS service for residents of aged care facilities, the new daytime service will mean aged people will have better access [...]
Focus on Carers
Carers ACT is a surprisingly large organisation. It provides an extensive range of services, support, information and education across the ACT community and has close to 100 full and part time staff. It is also a strong advocate of the needs of carers in Canberra and has campaigned long and hard for an integrated approach [...]
Free Bus Travel for over 75′s
The Stanhope Government has committed $500,000 over 4 years to provide free travel on ACTION buses for people over 75. Minister for Territory and Municipal Services John Hargreaves says the objective of the scheme is to encourage existing drivers over 75 to surrender their driver’s licence, where they may no longer be capable of driving [...]
Construction of new Aged Care Beds at Mirinjani
I see the Chief Minister has launched the construction of 64 new beds at the Mirinjani Nursing Home in Weston. Mirinjani has developed a strong reputation for delivering quality aged care and the $15m extension will add to their already extensive facilities. One important aspect is that the new 64 beds will provide both low [...]
Boost for Aged and Community Care
Health Minister Katy Gallagher has announced a funding boost for aged and community care services in the Territory. The additional $1.9m will be directed at providing improved care to people in their homes including personal and respite care, domestic assistance, social support and home maintenance. It also means the opening hours of the Aged Care [...]
Long Term Health Planning
I was very pleased to see the headlines in the CT this morning outlining a long term health care reform agenda for Canberra. The planning required for an effective health system of the future needs to start now. We can’t rely on planning that only links in with the electoral cycle and Minister Katy Gallagher’s [...]
Five Wishes
I’ve come across an interesting site called Aging with Dignity. It provides practical advice and tools to ensure as a seriously ill patient we receive appropriate levels of care with dignity. One such tool is the concept of Five Wishes. As the site explains, Five Wishes is a living will that lets your family and [...]
