Aged CareAged Care ReformsComplianceNewsIs Your Aged Care Service Ready for the New Aged Care Act?
31/10/2025
Aged CareAged Care ReformsMedicationMy Health RecordNew eNRMC Requirements: Safer Prescribing, Better Medication Management
22/09/2025
The Electronic National Residential Medication Chart (eNRMC) is an important part of medication management in residential aged care. It enables prescribers, pharmacists, and aged care staff to work from the same digital chart, covering the legal prescribing, supply, and claiming of PBS and RPBS medicines, including Schedule 8 (S8) drugs. Recently, the Australian Digital Health...
Aged CareAged Care ReformsCompliancePreparing for the New Aged Care Rules: Bridging Reform and Reality
21/08/2025
Aged Care Rules Finalised for November 2025 Start The Australian Government released the final draft of the Aged Care Rules on 31 July 2025 after a consultation period that began in September 2024 and concluded in May 2025. More than 400 written submissions and dozens of sector roundtables informed the final version. These Rules give...
The 2025–26 Federal Budget delivers $290 million for aged care reform measures and confirms the previously announced $2.6 billion to boost wages for aged care nurses — but beyond that, stakeholders say there’s little new for the sector.
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) is intensifying its regulatory enforcement against aged care providers who fail to meet mandatory care minute targets. Recently, the regulator issued enforceable undertakings to 27 residential aged care homes and 11 providers that have consistently fallen short of the required care minutes over multiple quarters.
As aged care providers prepare for significant changes brought about by the aged care reforms, organisations should ensure they have the systems in place to meet the new compliance requirements, to deliver high-quality care, and maintain financial viability.
