Residential Care in Australia: Policy, Challenges, Improvements

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of residential care in Australia, focusing on care homes without nursing. It examines the development of residential care policies and legislation, including the Aged Care Act of 1997, the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992, and the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984. The report identifies key challenges in providing residential care, such as changing demographics, disease patterns, technology affordability, quality and safety concerns, lack of education for carers, and privacy issues. Finally, it suggests improvements, including supporting home-based care, providing technical knowledge to carers, addressing staff shortages, protecting patient privacy, and educating patients on self-care management. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of social work supervision and adequate funding to ensure quality residential care for Australia's aging population. Desklib offers a range of study tools and resources to support students' learning.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................2
Residential care home..................................................................................................................2
Development of residential care policy in Australia...................................................................2
Identify challenges related to the provision of the type of care chosen in the chosen country...3
Make suggestions for improvement to overcome the challenges identified................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
Residential care refers to the provision and welfare of the agency of home on the basis of
social work supervision of people in order to provide them housing accommodation such as care
or adults with learning difficulties (Stanley, Latimer and Atkinson, 2019). The present study is
based on Australian residential care that includes accommodation, personal care for 24 hours by subsidy
and the care home for eligible people. Care homes without nursing provide some of the facility to agent
people such as medication communication mobility and laundering its disease also including a dining
facility which is related to social programs and activities such as yoga, music art and outing for their
residents. The present study is based on care homes without nursing in Australia and it will
discuss development in community care policy and legislation with the help of history of
residential care provision. Then, identifying the challenges related to residential care. Lastly
report will provide suggestions to improve the challenges.
MAIN BODY
Residential care home
Residential care homes provide 24 hour personal care in order to support people who need help for their
daily tasks which are related to dressing, eating, washing but not related to nursing care. It can be on the
basis of long term as well as short term. The present study is based on Australian residential care that
includes accommodation, personal care for 24 hours by subsidy and the care home for eligible people
(Waling, Lyons and Edmonds, 2019). Care homes without nursing provide some of the facility to
agent people such as medication communication mobility and laundering its disease also including a
dining facility which is related to social programs and activities such as yoga, music art and outing for
their residents.
Development of residential care policy in Australia
In the year 1997 the Australian government implemented the package of reforms aged care act.
This framework sets the aged care system in order to meet diverse needs of older Australia and with the
help of an action plan for government and aged care providers and consumers it also provides resources to
help and meet goals of the member. According to this government funded for aged care by setting up all
the rules related to providing funding and quality of care to receiving care there are different laws which
are used by company in order to discrimination and diversify the asset care. Some of the legislature
lecture which is passed by Australian government disability discrimination act 1992 is related to law for
discriminate against someone on the basis of their disability which includes indirect and direct
discrimination (Marshall and Mackenzie, 2018). Treating a person by less favorable or similar
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circumstances that can have a negative impact on their health. It is necessary to provide them protection
regarding employment education, provision of goods and services, access to premises, accommodation
buying land and administration of commonwealth government loss and programs. The sex discrimination
act 1984 is related to discrimination against the person because of their gender identity or status and their
orientation. Based on marital or relationship status and their family responsibilities for women it can be
on the basis of pregnancy or might be based on feeding (McLean, 2018). Government has supported
with the help of parliament of Australia in order to prohibited discrimination on the basis of success and
marital status also they help to provide support with the help of residential care in this care it provide
social care to the individual who are suffering from different challenges. It is necessary to support those
who are not able to fight against the law.
The history of Australian aged care is related to numerous or measure enquiries that overlap to decance
on the basis of 1997. In order to consolidate funding arrangement by providing them shelter or agent care
they also outline regarding residential contribution on the basis of cost of care and accommodation the
regulatory of requirement are related to financial equitable that propose a relaxation of previous
regulatory requirement investor including nonprofit providers. The contribution of the committee helped
to change by encouraging a two tiered system on the basis of legislation and high quality of
accommodation to their personal career provided to aged people so that it helps to provide time special
care. In the year 2004 the review of pricing arrangement in residential aged care was appointed for
comprehensive review and pricing arrangement of residential care at the time the demand of care services
will help to work for next two decades and the second driver was full for the older population to have
informal care. It has been analyzed that the review noted even assuming health status did not improve
because it needs professionals who can provide good services (Welberry, Brodaty and Jorm, 2020).
The government has taken the action by arranging more than 31.2 billion for financial arrangement in the
year 2004.
At the time of beginning the committee identified on the basis of care and health services in context to
residential care by focusing on inadequate services and maintaining all the functions related to health such
as physiotherapy speech pathology nutrition advice and podiatry services. At that time the confusion cost
by multiple communities on the basis of issues and quality of community care services then the potential
enabled under flexible care funding (Dyer, Liu and Crotty, 2018). In the year 2005 the quality and
equity agent care set up the community with the help of providing budget more than 2 billion dollar in
Australian aged care sector. This is helps to providing quality and affordable care by increasing number
of order Australia also increases the incentive for aged people.
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Identify challenges related to the provision of the type of care chosen in the chosen country
There is some of the challenge which is identified such as changing the demographic and
disease pattern in order to ageing in the population of Australia. There are more than 70 year
above age people need care and according to legislation care act 1997 it has been analysed that
to provide support regarding their mental and physical health is necessary. The biggest
challenge is people are not controls their life by their own after the age of 70. Due to this
problem there people who were died and suffered due to this. The act helps to provide them
accommodation and shelter which is very important for the aged people (Kuo, Inkelas and
Halfon, 2020). They were not able to do their work by their own such as cleaning, laundry,
toilet, pantry, dressings etc. Some of the legislature lecture which are passed by Australian
government disability discrimination act 1992 is related to law for discriminate against someone on the
basis of their disability which includes indirect and direct discrimination. Treating a person by less
favorable or similar circumstances that can have a negative impact on their health. The ageing of
populations is one of the biggest challenges that can be faced by them so it is necessary to
provide them care. Then another challenge is related to technology, the high rate of technologies
are affect the aged people to not afford those technical equipment that are used in case so
Australian government has supported in order to provide them all the equipment that can be
beneficial for them (Huskamp, Wang and Newhouse, 2021).
Quality and safety is the major reason for protecting the medical error because to adopt
new technologies cans be affected in orders to adapting system of high cost. It is not possible
that the acre provide by them is help the person because it is affected in order to not providing
proper support. The lack of education is affecting the patient in the residential care because it
has been analysed that care without nursing need training for carers so that they can work
accordingly. Due to this more than 23% of people not getting right treatment and patient
suffered from problem of mood swings and other issue which are related as bad impact on
health and improper medication. There is some of the patient which is suffered from the privacy
and social stigma in order to maintain the privacy of patient regarding their mental and physical
health can be affected on order to share their problem with other because at that time it can be
challenging to accept what are doing with their health (Small, Roth and Gagnon, 2019). When
the privacy of patients is disclosed it affected by not able to comfortable with other at that time
they wants to be comfortable with others and live their life accordingly.
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Make suggestions for improvement to overcome the challenges identified
On the basis of Australian care it has been analysed that there are different type of problem
based in the residential care so it has been suggested that it is necessary to provide the support
for home based care that is related to develop the formal and informal care by sharing all the
information with patient whether they are educated or not. So, that it help to increases their
knowledge and help them to divert their mind and understand own problem. This is also
recommended that to provide technical knowledge to carer are help to provide them educational
support and help for better understanding about healthy of patient (Besley and Gouveia, 2020.).
All the home care institute should follows the legislation in orders to providing better services.
Staff shortage is one of the biggest problems that can be faced by any company to improve the
service it is necessary to hire those who are experienced and able to solve any unexpected issue.
. Knowing that one can overcome obstacles, learn from struggles and benefit from mistakes lays
a solid foundation for success in later life. Also, it is to be suggested that to good
communications skill are help to fulfil the need of care and it is also help to providing
unconditional support. Hard times stimulate growth in a way that good times don't. Facing
challenges and navigating one's way through them builds resilience capacity To maintain their
privacy it is necessary to develop the not disclose the personal information of people so that it
did not affect the person personally that other can judge them accordingly (Kraus, Röhrling and
Czypionka, 2020). This can be recommended that to educate the patient regarding how to
manage self care that is one of the important parts of the health care. Then, it also help to
provide the positive environment which help to determine the person in order to work on their
health and safety.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded that presidential care is related to the provision and welfare of the
agency on the basis of social work and supervision of people. Also it has been analyzed that the
present report discussed home Care without nursing in the context of Australia. According to this
government funded for aged care by setting up all the rules related to providing funding and quality of
care to receiving care there are different laws which are used by company in order to discrimination and
diversify the asset care. Further discussed related development in residential care policy on the
basis of Australia and history of residential care provision. Moreover study explain relevant
legislation act regarding home care and policy in chronicology order. Lastly identified the
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challenges which are related to provision and residential care of the chosen country. Then
another challenge is related to technology, the high rate of technologies are affect the aged
people to not afford those technical equipment that are used in case so Australian government
has supported in order to provide them all the equipment that can be beneficial for them. Also
study suggested for improvement to overcome all the challenges which are identified above.
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