This 1 hour and 2-minute webinar by Primary Health Tasmania is on the New Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
Aged Care Reform Update for GPs is a 3-part webinar series. Session One will focus on the New Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
The new strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards, including a new focus on clinical care and food/nutrition, will take effect from 1 November 2025 under the new Aged Care Act. While the standards are designed for aged care providers and their staff, General Practitioners (GPs) are integral to delivering high-quality care to older people, making an understanding of the new requirements, particularly regarding clinical care, crucial for providing effective and person-centred services.
The contact the Aged Care Reform Unit to provide your feedback, please email: acru@health.tas.gov.au
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify changes to the new Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
- Understand the role GPs play in the new Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
- Demonstrate how to apply the new Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards in practice.
- Identify how to guide older patients to the right entry point for aged care services.
- Explain the basics of the new Support at Home program and how it improves flexibility for patients compared to previous home care packages.
- Know the role of advocates and registered supporters and how GPs can work with them to ensure patient needs are met.
Speaker Information:
Dr. Mandy Callary is a geriatrician from South Australia. She graduated in medicine from Flinders University in 1987 and achieved Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, specialising in Geriatric Medicine in 2001.
Mandy considers herself to be primarily a clinician – with her clinical subspeciality areas in cognitive disorders, delirium, frailty, and clinical governance. As a geriatrician, she has provided medical assessment and care to older people wherever they be, including in their homes, in residential aged care facilities, and in the hospital and wider healthcare systems.
Mandy also values her 20-year experience as an aged care board member, as it has provided her considerable insights into how the aged care sector operates, how it conducts itself, and how, in her new role as Chief Clinical Advisor, she could best support the sector to improve the health, wellbeing, and quality of life of older people receiving aged care services.
Kim Ford is an experienced health executive and registered nurse with over 40 years in the healthcare sector, specialising in aged care reform, telehealth innovation, and system-wide service transformation. Recognised for driving performance, building collaborative partnerships, and delivering strategic solutions that improve outcomes for older Tasmanians. Proven ability to lead complex change, influence policy, and deliver results in dynamic environments.