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Australian magazine and news site on the home and community-based aged and disability care and support sector covering policy, research and industry news.

20/10/2026

The government has commissioned another review of the Integrated Assessment Tool while legislation introducing a rapid review pathway for disputed outcomes has passed.

Follow the link below to read more and don't forget to sign up to The Ageing Agenda newsletters to stay up to date with all the home and community care news previously covered by Community Care Review.

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The government has commissioned another review of the IAT while legislation introducing a rapid review pathway for disputed outcomes has passed.

19/10/2026

Regulatory pressures and consumer anxiety are impacting home care profitability, and bringing package utilisation back up is key to improving the situation, says StewartBrown partner David Sinclair.

Follow the link below to read more, and don't forget to follow The Ageing Agenda to stay up to date with all the home and community care news previously covered by Community Care Review.

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Regulatory pressures and consumer anxiety are impacting home care profitability and bringing package utilisation back up is key to improving the situation, says David Sinclair.

16/10/2026

Expectations of dining, nutrition and mealtimes in aged care are evolving.
Standard 6 of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards makes it clear that providers must ensure residents receive nutritionally adequate food as well as choice and dignity at mealtimes. But while Standard 6 applies to residential aged care, home care is not missing out on the revolution.

Follow the link below to read more about how Sona's Kitchen and Local Kitchen Co are transforming mealtime choice in home care and for insights from Ben Rogers on how food transportation processes can be improved, and don't forget to subscribe to The Ageing Agenda for the latest home and community care news.

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Expectations around food services in aged care are changing and older Australians living at home want a wider range of meal options too.

14/10/2026

Don't forget to follow and subscribe to The Ageing Agenda for all the latest home and community care news previously covered by Community Care Review, like how yearly dementia diagnoses are projected to more than double by mid-century.

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Yearly dementia diagnoses are projected to more than double by mid-century, prompting calls for greater investment into prevention and care.

12/10/2026

Don't forget to follow and subscribe to The Ageing Agenda for the latest home and community care news previously covered by Community Care Review, including the news that more than 6,400 older people died while waiting for a Support at Home package that they had been assessed as needing in 2025–26.

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The department’s Aged care demographics report shows a 34 per cent increase in deaths among older people waiting for a Support at Home package they have been assessed as needing.

10/10/2026

In case you missed it: this week Community Care Review joined Australian Ageing Agenda and Aged Care Insite to form The Ageing Agenda – a stronger, unified source of independent news, insight and analysis for the aged care and retirement living sectors, Apollo Care Alliance CEO Stephen Becsi sat down with TAA to discuss their unique approach to aged care, and Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Jodi Cassar warned against treating cultural safety as a one-off training exercise while discussing whether the aged care reforms are delivering for First Nations people with TAA.

This week also saw the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing publish a dataset detailing the IAT classification algorithm and Kym Molineux-Whitfield of VMCH sat down with TAA to discuss the changing shape of retirement living.

To read all of these stories and more in full follow the link below and don't forget to subscribe to the new TAA newsletter for all the latest aged care and home care news delivered straight to your inbox.

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TAA will send an aged care and retirement living newsletter to digital subscribers every Monday and Thursday and a dedicated home care newsletter fortnightly from 13 October.

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09/10/2026

Community Care Review has now joined Australian Ageing Agenda and Aged Care Insite to form The Ageing Agenda.

Coverage previously found on Community Care Review – like how the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has published a dataset detailing the classification algorithm for older people seeking support at home – can now be found on The Ageing Agenda.

Follow the link below to read more about how the Integrated Assessment Tool classification algorithm works.

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Make sure you don't miss out on any of the latest home and community care news by subscribing to The Ageing Agenda using the link below.

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The department has published a dataset detailing the classification algorithm for older people seeking support at home.

08/10/2026

Community Care Review has now joined Australian Ageing Agenda and Aged Care Insite to form The Ageing Agenda.

Coverage previously found on Community Care Review – like the NSW Government investing $7.2 million into an early intervention allied health pilot to help older patients recover safely at home and reduce prolonged hospital stays – can now be found on The Ageing Agenda.

Follow the link below to read more on the pilot program.

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Make sure you don't miss out on any of the latest home and community care news by subscribing to The Ageing Agenda using the link below.

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The NSW government is launching an early intervention allied health pilot to reduce the number of older Australians stranded in the state’s hospitals.

06/10/2026

University of Melbourne researchers are seeking participants for a study exploring new ways to preserve memories when older adults downsize or relocate.

The national study forms part of the Technology, Ageing, Life Experiences and Stories project, which aims to co-create innovations in digital storytelling with older adults.

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University of Melbourne researchers are seeking participants for a study exploring new ways to preserve memories when older adults downsize or relocate.

03/10/2026

In case you missed it: this week’s home and community care news included the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council deciding to continue delivering aged care services, following the government’s commitment to fund CHSP until mid-2029, and researchers from the University of Melbourne started recruiting participants for a study on how virtual and augmented reality technologies can help older people preserve memories connected to meaningful belongings.

Also this week, Curtin University and Dementia Support Australia released new dementia support resources, University of Tasmania-developed TasTest received a $2.5 million boost to support ongoing development, and a collaborative research project between Adelaide University and CSIRO on honeybee silk for smart wound care was awarded a MRFF grant.

To read all of these stories, follow the link below.

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This is the final newsletter for Community Care Review, which will join Australian Ageing Agenda and Aged Care Insite to form The Ageing Agenda on 8 October.

To stay up to date with all the latest home and community care news and to receive The Ageing Agenda newsletters from day one, subscribe to Australian Ageing Agenda here: https://hubs.li/Q04yRQ_G0

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