Aged Care Governance: Context, Reforms and Systems
PostgraduateTAS-BAA5412025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Price from
- $2,780
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Aged Care Governance: Context, Reforms and Systems
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Apply your knowledge to critically analyse the aged care sector
- Appraise the contemporary policy, reforms and systems dynamics in the aged care sector and define the elements of corporate governance
- Describe the role and importance of governance in the public and private aged care sectors, and how it contributes to the development and operation of an aged care organisation
- Integrate the principles of corporate governance with the responsibilities of senior management
- Module 1: The Australian Aged Care Context
- What is a healthcare system?
- Integrated care
- The Aged Care sector; who are the stakeholders?
- What is an Aged Care organisation?
- Challenges in the Aged Care sector
- Corporate governance - why is this necessary?
- Module 2: Corporate Governance in Aged Care
- Corporate governance in the not-for-profits
- Duties and responsibilities of board directors
- Role of the board
- Performance and accountability
- History and the future of aged care: past problems and the critical need for reforms
- Module 3: Maintaining Quality of Care in Aged Care
- The Commonwealth Aged Care Quality Standards
- Legislation, regulations and organisational structures and systems for safe high quality aged care
- Beyond compliance and quality - a journey to business excellence
- Organisational structures: corporate and clinical
- How does funding work in Aged Care?
- Risk management
- Key Performance Indicators
- Innovation
This subject will critically assess the knowledge, structures and systems required to effectively govern, organise and manage residential aged care organisations. The aged care sector will be reviewed within the Australian healthcare context, its specific historical trajectory of development and need for reform will be investigated. Governance arrangements incorporating legislation, regulation and systems for aged care organisations will be examined. The challenge of addressing multiple stakeholders and how they interact with each other will be explored. Students will have opportunities to hear from experts across Australia and participate in industry case studies and analysis.
- Short answer assignments (30%)
- Online discussion forums (30%)
- Critical Argument (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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