Cross‑party bill forces IAT rethink - Aged Care Insite

Aged care algorithm under fire as Senate backs human oversight

There was some hopeful news from towards the end of the two weeks of Parliamentary sitting in Canberra which finished […] Subscribe or Login to see the rest of the content. Username Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password The post Aged care algorithm under fire as Senate backs human oversight appeared first on Central Queensland Today.

Aged care assessments need experts not algorithms

Older people, their families and taxpayers are the losers in aged care system that trusts an algorithm over expert clinical assessors.

Cross‑party bill forces IAT rethink - Aged Care Insite

Senators have voted to reinstate human override in aged care assessments, marking the second intervention in aged care reforms following changes to additional home care packages. The Aged Care Amendment (Restoring Human Override for Aged Care Needs Assessments) Bill 2026 would restore the ability for qualified assessors to overturn algorithmic outcomes if they believe the Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT) has under‑identified a person’s care need…