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21-04-2021
Column: Community Care - AGED CARE SECTOR
Column: Community Care - AGED CARE SECTOR
As a result, the aged care sector has moved away from a dependency-based service delivery model (‘doing for’) towards a model that supports wellness and independence (‘doing with’ and ‘alongside’).
THE FUTURE OF AGED CARE POLICY
Ongoing aged care reforms aim to improve the way older Australians access, receive and experience aged care services. To remain eligible for government funding, Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) service providers are required to adopt and embed wellness and reablement into their organisational practices and service delivery.
Those organisations who are actively delivering wellness and reablement-focused services are better positioned to respond to changing needs of aged care policy and older people’s desire for greater independence.
AGEING POPULATION IS GROWING
The ageing population is rapidly growing. Over the last 20 years, the proportion of people aged 65 years and over has increased from 12.3 per cent to 15.9 per cent. By 2060, around one in four Australians will be ag

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