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The Department of Health is holding a series of webinars to share information about the aged care reforms announced in the 2021-22 Budget and in response to the Aged Care Royal Commission.

These webinars are an opportunity for anyone who uses or needs aged care, who works in aged care or who has an interest in improving aged care in Australia to learn more about the reforms.

Webinars will include presentations from Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt and Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, the Hon Richard Colbeck, as well as presentations and panel discussions by senior officials from Department of Health.

A focus on dementia

This webinar focuses on how aged care reforms will improve quality of life and care for people living with dementia.

People living with dementia, families and carers and people who work with or support people living with dementia are encouraged to attend to find out more about the Government’s response to the Aged Care Royal Commission.

The Australian Government will invest $229.4 million to improve quality of life and care for people living with dementia, while improving the sector’s focus on delivering care that meets the needs of people throughout their dementia journey. These initiatives will support people living with dementia and their carers at every stage from diagnosis through to residential aged care.

Find out how aged care reforms will ensure people living with dementia are:

connected with the support they need post-diagnosis
enabled to remain in their home for longer
able to access high quality, dementia informed aged care services.

We’ll cover how aged care reforms will deliver increased training and support for aged care workers to help them in adopting better dementia care practices.

During the webinar we'll ask you questions about how we can best work with aged care providers, the workforce, families, carers and people living with dementia to make positive changes.

How will the webinar be run?

Please register to receive the link and further information about this webinar.

The webinar will run for 1.5 hours. The link to join the webinar will be available here and sent in reminder emails the day before the event.

The webinar will be accessible, and include Auslan translation and live captioning. Please provide any additional accessibility requirements when registering.

When registering, you can submit a question. We will use these questions to help shape the information we provide in webinars so that we cover areas important to participants. Please note that we will not be answering all of the specific questions posted during the registration process, however during our webinar series, we will endeavour to cover as much information as possible to cover the questions.

During the webinar you will be able to provide your views about aged care reforms using an online engagement tool at menti.com.

By registering for this event, I acknowledge I have read the Department of Health’s Privacy Statement and have obtained the consent of any other individuals whose information I am providing in this form to the collection of this information.

Contacts and help

The webinar registration information is managed by The Social Deck on behalf of the Department of Health. The information you provide when registering for the webinar will be provided to the Department of Health.

If you want to find out more about how the webinar will run or need help to register, please contact The Social Deck at engage@thesocialdeck.com.