This webinar gave in-home aged care providers an update on the Single Assessment System, the Support at Home program’s Assistive Technology and Home Modifications (AT-HM) Scheme, and the actions providers need to take to be ready for the Support at Home program ahead of 1 July 2025.
Presenters
• Chair: Erika Barnett, Acting Assistant Secretary, Assessment and Home Care Transition Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
• Presenter: Julia Atkinson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Aged Care Assessments Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
• Presenter: Katherine Koesasi, Director, Assessment Policy, Aged Care Assessments Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
• Presenter: Rowena Sierant, Director, Assistive Technology and Home Modifications Scheme, Support at Home Reform Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
• Presenter: Biravena Kumarakuru, Change Manager, Support at Home, Assessment and Home Care Transition Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
• Presenter: Michelle Smith, Director, Support at Home Change and Transition Projects, Assessment and Home Care Transition Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
• Panellist: Jasmine Snow, Acting Assistant Secretary, Support at Home Reform Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
00:01 Welcome, overview and introductions by Erika Barnett, Acting Assistant Secretary, Assessment and Home Care Transition Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
04:43 Presentation on Single Assessment System by Julia Atkinson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Aged Care Assessments Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
11:05 Presentation on Single Assessment System by Katherine Koesasi, Director, Assessment Policy, Aged Care Assessments Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
22:46 Presentation on Assistive Technology and Home Modifications Scheme by Rowena Sierant, Director, Assistive Technology and Home Modifications Scheme, Support at Home Reform Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
34:24 Presentation on Support at Home Change Transition and Readiness by Michelle Smith, Director, Support at Home Change and Transition Projects, Assessment and Home Care Transition Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
38:54 Presentation by Biravena Kumarakuru, Change Manager, Support at Home, Assessment and Home Care Transition Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
52:15 Presentation on next steps of the Support at Home Program by Erika Barnett, Acting Assistant Secretary, Assessment and Home Care Transition Branch, Department of Health and Aged Care
53:44 Q&A session
1:28:56 End
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