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Quiet Time Opportunities The last in our podcast series on holiday planning isn’t really about getting prepared for the season but what to do over that time. Using those quiet time opportunities effectively can give you a head start for the new year. Holidays can be a perfect time to catch up all those important […]

In this series, Carrie and Kell look at Holiday Planning for Aged Care services in rural and remote areas. It’s all about doing some preparation. We’ll be looking at client-related issues, staffing areas, organisational or service-level tasks and finish up with looking at how you can best use the quiet Christmas and New Year period […]

In this series, Carrie and Kell look at Holiday Planning for Aged Care services in rural and remote areas. It’s all about doing some preparation. We’ll be looking at client-related issues, staffing areas, organisational or service-level tasks and finish up with looking at how you can best use the quiet holiday period to catch up […]

In this series, Carrie and Kell look at Holiday Planning for Aged Care services in rural and remote areas. It’s all about doing some preparation. We’ll be looking at client-related issues, staffing areas, organisational or service-level tasks and finish up with looking at how you can best use the quiet Christmas and New Year period […]

This week Carrie and Kell look at the importance of having a marketing plan for Aged Care services. Why should you take a strategic approach to marketing and promotion for your service? Because the introduction of Home Care Packages are now attached to the consumer rather than individual organisations this has changed the approach aged […]

This week Carrie and Kell look at the benefits of aged care services taking a Collaborative Approach as we continue looking at what makes good business practice for community based aged care programs.  These days you need to look at more than just what your own service can offer to a client. After all, with […]

Budgets, love them or hate them, they are an essential part of operating a successful business. This week on the Care Directions podcast Carrie talks with Carole Stone from Enmark Accountants about budgets for aged care services, why they are important, common terminology (and what it means), what the budget should include and how to […]

So far in this series we’ve looked at understanding your market and also your product which is great. However, without having a plan around using this knowledge it’s not much use to you. This week Carrie investigates the value of strategic planning for aged care services and the basics of developing a strategic plan with […]

Continuing our series on the business side of operating an effective aged care service. This week we look at understanding your product. Once you have defined the target market and their needs, you need to turn your attention to defining just what you have to offer that market. How the Demographic and Psychographic profiles can […]

Good Business for Community Based Care In the last 10 years we’ve seen considerable change in the Community Services sector with more coming. We need to look at our operations from a business perspective now rather than a government led and funded medical model. Aged Care services now, more than ever, are operating in a competitive market. […]