The Aged Care Innovative
Pool, established in 2001-02, is a national pool of
flexible care places available for allocation to innovative
services outside of the Aged Care Approvals Round (550 places in
2002-03). The Innovative Pool allows the Australian Government, in
partnership with other stakeholders, to allocate places to services
that will:
- provide aged care services in new ways;
- provide aged care services to client groups for whom current
services are limited or to newly-emerging client groups; and
- provide aged care via new models of partnership and
collaboration.
The Innovative Pool is designed to test new approaches to
providing aged care, not to provide on-going aged care services.
Pilot projects approved under the Innovative Pool typically have
clear client eligibility criteria, controlled methods of service
delivery and are time-limited. Evaluation is an integral element of
all projects involving alternative service models.
There are two streams of pilot projects involved in the AIHW
evaluation of innovative pool projects:
- Dementia Care -
projects designed to address the need for the provision of
appropriate high-level care to people with dementia in flexible and
innovative ways.
- Disability/Aged Care
Interface - projects to meet the needs of people with
disabilities who are at risk of being admitted to residential aged
care because their increasing care needs cannot be met through
disability support systems alone.
To view the evaluation reports:
To view the evaluation framework:
For more information on the innovative pool pilot projects visit
the
Department of Health and Ageing's Aged Care Innovative Pool
website.