Aged Care & NDIS Update
Community Therapy
Mobile Allied Health - We support older adults & people living with disabilities to live enriched & meaningful lives
Welcome to the Aged Care & NDIS Update newsletter powered by Community Therapy.
This newsletter will summarise key updates for you across the Aged Care and NDIS sector and provide updates about Community Therapy if you are interested at the end of the newsletter.
Aged Care Update: QI's for In-Home Care
The Department has released the consultation paper on the establishment of mandatory Quality Indicators (QI) for in-home aged care services.
The QI’s are expected to commence 1 July 2026 and we are expecting 7 QI’s:
You can read more about the QI expansion here.
NDIS Update: Foundational Supports
Foundational Supports, part of the NDIS review recommendations, is a hot topic at present however is poorly understood.
Whilst there is limited information available at present, it has been advised that it will be an expansion of the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) program which falls under the Department of Social Services (DSS) portfolio.
You can watch a short speech by Scott Lynch (Founder of Community Therapy) at the recent Hunter Disability Expo here if you are interested in hearing more about Foundational Supports.
What's the Latest from Community Therapy?
The team continues to expand to ensure wait times remain low, and expert, timely services for the local community.
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CT is now 130 team members across the Central Coast and Hunter New England supporting community aged care, residential aged care, NDIS and rehab at home sectors. Our online training has expanded to now reach over 30,000 support workers with our manual handling training continuing to be our flagship course.
The Paediatric Division of Community Therapy goes from strength to strength across the Hunter and Central Coast with the team to providing Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology Services and expanding to Dietetics and Exercise Physiology.
There are current career opportunities in our paediatric team so please get in touch to find out more.
Is your Manual Handling Training Up to Date?
The Community Therapy team support both online and face to face (Hunter, Central Coast and Port Stephens regions) manual handling training and the online course has now reached over 30,000 healthcare workers across Australia. Recent updates to modules like challenging behaviours, personal care and domestic assistance have been popular with both NDIS and Aged Care Providers.
Contact the Community Therapy team to find out more as they also provide discounts for bulk enrolments, including embedding our training within your current LMS.
Want to Know More about Community Therapy?
We love hearing from our community so please get in touch!
Yours in Health,
Scott & the Community Therapy Team ????
Founder @ Community Therapy. We specialise in partnering with aged care, ndis & hospital at home providers to help people live enriched & meaningful lives. Ps. my profile pic is celebrating CT's 7 year anniversary ??
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