Aged Care: News, opinion and analysis
Support at Home and Smart Tech
The right tech can be make or break. At the Invox conference, Jane McDonald and Cliff Abbasi showed us how to turn everyday systems into serious savings and smoother care.
Cash flow and individualised funding
Siobhain Simpson warns that once block funding goes, cash flow and productivity get tested fast and if you’re not ready, survival isn’t guaranteed.
The leadership test aged care can’t afford to fail
With reforms delayed, reports piling up and plenty of people waiting, Support at Home risks becoming a leadership test the government keeps failing.
Reimagining the future of CHSP: Fitzgerald
Robert Fitzgerald told the National CHSP Conference that the sector must avoid the NDIS’s transactional traps and instead measure success by whether older Australians feel respected and in control.
CHSP Program Manual: The fine print matters
The 2025–27 CHSP Program Manual brings a few practical tweaks, a handful of early reform signals and some important compliance reminders. We break down what matters and what providers should do next.
Why This Pricing Review Matters and What You Can Do
Read our submission, steal the good bits, or just get across what’s at stake. Because the cost of staying silent? That shows up in your budget.
Surviving S@H - The Expert Advice
The legal eagles, financial gurus and our very own Invox home care experts give us the prescription to survive Support at Home.
Briefing for the New Minister
With less than two months to go, Support at Home is missing many of its working parts. This blunt briefing to the new Minister outlines what’s broken, what’s missing, and what needs fixing right now.
The Support at Home Shitstorm
Roland explains why he feels the need use profanity to describe the Support at Home roll-out
The S@H Program Manual - What’s Changed?
Paul Sadler cuts through the 209 pages of the brand new S@H Program Manual to tell us what’s changed.
Has Support at Home forgotten about Dementia?
Anna is searching for answers as to why we aren't talking about Dementia in Support at Home.
Success in Support at Home
Prepare for the big year ahead with Roland's outline of the key success factors for Support at Home.
T’was the night before a SaH Christmas 2024
An annual Christmas poem from Invox - Merry Christmas to all.
The Downside of Pricing Delay
The Invox analysis of the delay to Support at Home pricing caps. Hint there is now more work to do, and quickly!
New Home Mods Scheme Falls Short
Steve Pretzel argues the home mods cap will push many older people into resi care.