Aged care innovative pool projects evaluation
Recent ageing and aged care releases
Movement from hospital to residential aged care (26 November 2008)
Aged care packages in the community 2006-07: a statistical overview (14 August 2008)
A picture of osteoporosis in Australia (4 August 2008)
Residential aged care in Australia 2006-07: a statistical overview (12 June 2008)
Veterans' use of health services (25 February 2008)
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:
- National evaluation of the Aged Care Innovative Pool Dementia Pilot (released 28 July 2006)
- National evaluation of the Aged Care Innovative Pool Disability Aged Care Interface Pilot (released 6 October 2006)
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.
Page last reviewed on 2 February 2005