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The News in NSW/ACT
We have moved!
ACSA NSW/ACT has moved to new premises, as of Tuesday 4 May. You can now find us at Level 4, 320 Pitt
Street, Sydney. Our new postal address is PO Box 20427, World Square NSW 2002.
We look forward to welcoming you to our new location soon, with plans for a small ‘office warming’
cocktail party in their early stages. In the meantime, if you’re in the area and would like to drop by, feel free
to stop in and say hello!
Updated NSW Health screening advice, including influenza vaccination
requirements in residential aged care
NSW Health has released updated screening advice on 04 June 2021.
The key messages from this update are:
1. There has been local transmission of COVID-19 in NSW with close and casual contact locations
identified. Staff and visitors who have been in the Whittlesea Local Government Area in the
previous 14 days should be excluded from working or visiting aged care facilities. There are close
and casual contact locations in Southern in NSW
2. Staff should be excluded if in the last 14 days they have been in
• Victorian places of high concern (these are the close and casual contact venues; visit
the Victorian Government Case alerts- public exposure sites to navigate through the dates
and venues)
• Greater Melbourne or the City of Greater Bendigo
3. Staff who have been to Greater Melbourne and the Greater City of Bendigo in the last 14 days are
excluded from residential care facilities and working as home care service providers. Readers are
directed to visit the Victorian Government Case alerts- public exposure sites to navigate through
the dates and venues of close and casual contact locations
4. In line with the National COVID-19 Aged Care Plan, residential aged care providers should also
maintain a worker register that records which of their employees work across multiple settings or
lives with someone who does. Understanding this information is critical for contact tracing
purposes.
5. Further support for workers and employers is available through the Guiding Principles Support Hub
website or hotline on 1800 491 793.
6. From 1 June to 30 September 2021, all visitors and staff entering a residential aged care facility
should be required to provide evidence that they have received a dose of the 2021 influenza
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vaccination. For further information please see exceptional and special circumstances for visiting
an residential aged care facility.
5. For home care:
a. Influenza vaccination is recommended for all staff.
b. Staff conducting home visits in the Greater Sydney area, including metropolitan Sydney,
Nepean Blue Mountains and Central Coast must wear a surgical mask at all times.
6. This information can change rapidly so please check the NSW Health website at least daily for
updates.
7. The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in NSW has disrupted our ability to move around and
gather together at different times. It has meant a significant change in the way we live and how we
engage with each other.
It has also meant that services have been disrupted at times - including services to people with disability,
such as:
• disability residential accommodation
• respite accommodation services
• employment - including Australian Disability Enterprises (ADE)
• education and training
• day programs
• public transport and disability-specific travel services
• disability supports at home
• other disability services such as disability-related or other health supports, access to the
community, attendance at medical and other appointments etc.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
• Home care service providers - here
• Residential aged care facilities - here
• Residential disability care facilities - here
NSW Sonic Pfizer Clinic Now Open!
The Sonic HealthCare Pfizer clinic located in Macquarie Park is OPEN NOW for residential aged care and
disability workers aged under 50 years for a COVID-19 vaccination. The Macquarie Park clinic opens today
Monday 24 May from 12.00pm – 8.00pm Monday to Friday and 9.00am – 1.00pm Saturday/Sunday. Eligible
workers can book an appointment now via the Sonic Healthcare vaccinations website or call 1300 379 878.
The Macquarie Park clinic is the third vaccination clinic to open in Sydney dedicated to residential aged care
and disability workers. The Blacktown Pfizer clinic is open from 8.00am to 6.00pm, seven days a week.
The Campbelltown Pfizer clinic is open from 8.00am – 6.00pm, seven days a week. These clinics are for
Sydney-based residential aged care and disability workers aged under 50.
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Healthy Wealthy and Wise: The 2021-22 NSW Intergenerational Report
The 2021-22 NSW Intergenerational Report (IGR) presents a snapshot of our future State to inform the
policies that will continue to make New South Wales the best place to live, work, run a business and raise a
family. The IGR projects that by 2061 the people of NSW can expect to live longer lives, have more flexible
career options, and enjoy a higher standard of living.
“The way things will look for the people of NSW in 40 years will be vastly different to the world today,” Mr
Perrottet said.
Key findings of the 2021-22 NSW Intergenerational Report include:
• Productivity is projected to become the biggest driver of our economic growth, increasing at 1.2
per cent per year over the next 40-years;
• By 2060-61, the fiscal gap is projected to be 2.6 per cent of GSP. While this is an improvement on
the 3.4 per cent fiscal gap (by 2055-56) predicted in the previous 2016 IGR, this largely reflects
modelling refinements and updated economic and demographic projections. This gap still indicates
further action will be needed to avoid the State’s gross debt growing beyond sustainable levels
over time;
• The NSW population will expand by around 40 per cent to 11.5-million people in 2061, up from 8.2
million;
• Life expectancy is projected to increase to almost 92 years for women and just over 89 years for
men for people born in 2061, with the median age expected to be 44 years compared to 38 today;
• NSW will need up to 1.7-million additional homes by 2061;
• The jobs of the future will require a more highly skilled workforce and will be increasingly
concentrated in the social services and business services sectors;
• Average full-time wages will be around $139,000 per year in today’s dollars (compared to $86,000
in 2018-19), with job growth fastest in business services and social services. Healthcare jobs will
also increase in line with the ageing population.
The Report examines key long-term challenges associated with an ageing population, a widening fiscal gap
between the revenue raised by the government and growing expenditure pressures, and rapid
transformation in the economy.
The Report also incorporates the significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We need to maintain a modern, diversified economy to ensure continued prosperity for generations to
come. A strong economy, supported by productivity-raising reform, high-quality services and
responsible fiscal management will enable us to build the collective wealth of the people of New
South Wales, and create resilience to shocks and uncertainty.
You can access the 2021-22 NSW Intergenerational Report here.
Published by Aged & Community Services Australia | 10 June 2021 | Page 3 of 6A head start on managing AN-ACC: new calculator released
Mirus Australia today launched an online AN-ACC calculator, a first step in helping aged care providers to
manage the transition in funding models from ACFI to AN-ACC.
The Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) funding tool will replace the current ACFI system
and is scheduled be live from October 2022.
The shadow assessment period is underway and the experience so far for providers is varied. But for
most, it raises questions on how they will be able to seamlessly operationalise the switch from ACFI to AN-
ACC.
“We’ve launched the AN-ACC calculator to help our providers get an early start on
how to familiarise themselves with what is coming and to better understand any differences in
entitlements under the new AN-ACC model.” says James Price, Co-Founder of Mirus Australia.
“The calculator takes everything we currently know about AN-ACC and we have added the ability to adjust
the National Weighted Acuity Unit (NWAU) loading to model outcomes. As we analyse more data
this NWAU becomes even more valuable – the power of big data really comes through here” says James.
"Mirus manages Medicare data for more than 80,000 beds and it's this exposure to big data that means we
can provide greater confidence in how AN-ACC will play out for you” says Tyler Fisher, Data &
Insights Senior Manager.
The calculator is available now and for free. For Mirus clients who subscribe to
the Mirus Metrics software solution, they will receive the additional benefit of comprehensive, facility and
resident level modelling of impact analysis as well as being able to see a AN-ACC resident score for each
resident record from July.
You can experience the Mirus AN-ACC calculator by visiting www.mirusaustralia.com.
Upcoming ACSA Events & Training
To view all upcoming ACSA Events, Symposiums and Webinars, please click here
To view all upcoming ACSA Training & Professional Development Programs, please click here
Published by Aged & Community Services Australia | 10 June 2021 | Page 4 of 6You can find out more about the complete ACSA Leadership Program here or view the flyer here.
ACSA Consultancy
ACSA Consultancy is an affordable fee-for-service offering, enabling providers to navigate through adverse
compliance outcomes, improve governance and risk management and build capability through a focus on
quality and workforce. Discounts apply for ACSA Members.
ACSA Consultancy can support your organisation through:
• Quality Standards review, responding to adverse compliance outcomes and continuous
improvement.
• Organisational governance, risk management and strategic planning.
• Clinical Governance, incident and complaint management.
• Building leadership capacity through coaching and mentoring with CILCA 360 accredited
practitioners.
• Workforce capability through staffing reviews, training and development.
• Business models and best practice person-centred models of care for sustainability.
• Change management, responding to reforms, implementing standards and legislative changes.
• Optimise funding, ACFI, home care payment in arrears and home care self-management.
Find out more or contact us on consultancy@acsa.asn.au.
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