Aged and Community Services Tasmania (ACST) is the leading peak organisation for aged care services, community care services and retirement villages in Tasmania.

ACST provides members with leadership, advocacy and an expanding knowledge base from which to draw information to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing industry.

Our members are the services providers who offer aged care in the community and within aged care homes. In Australia aged care services are operated by charitable, religious and community organisations, private businesses and state and local governments have been delivering quality services with skill, dedication and compassion for over 100 years.

ACST Interview with Federal Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler

ACST caught up with the Federal Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Hon. Mark Butler during his visit to the State last week to discuss aged care in Tasmania and the Government's recently announced reform package.

Minister Butler was addressing an audience of key aged care stakeholders as part of a public forum at the Sandy Bay Senior Citizens Club.

ACST would like to thank the Minister for taking time out of his busy schedule to participate, and we hope members find the interview informative and useful.

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Agewell campaign underway

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Aged Care Welcomes New Minister

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ITAC 2012 Conference

The 5th Annual Information Technology in Aged Care Conference is to be held on 19 and 20 April 2012 in Melbourne.

The theme of the conference, Smart Technology for Modern Aged Care: delivering change emphasises the importance of information technology in establishing a sustainable, quality focused aged care environment.

The conference will bring together local and international experts across the fields of community care, medication management, assistive technologies and offsite information systems delivery. These critical aged care topics will be discussed from a practical perspective, highlighting the information we need to know now to better manage and design aged care service delivery.

For more information on the conference including speaker profiles, sponsorship and exhibition opportunities and awards nominations, see www.itac2012.com.au