Lumina Blog

  • For aged care providers10 min read

    Aged care SIRS: what counts as a reportable incident

    A reportable incident under the Serious Incident Response Scheme is one of eight incident types involving a person receiving aged care. This post sets out the eight types, who you tell, and the 24 hour and 30 day clocks.

  • For aged care providers9 min read

    Care minutes and staffing: how to read the numbers

    A gap between planned and delivered care minutes is the difference between the time your roster promised each resident and the time your staff recorded. Here is how to read that gap, and what to check first.

  • For NDIS providers8 min read

    How to keep track of every NDIS participant's plan and reviews

    A growing NDIS provider keeps across every participant by holding plan dates, plan budgets, service hours delivered and review dates in one register, and reading it on the same day each week. Here is what that register holds and the warning signs that one...

  • For NDIS providers9 min read

    Choosing NDIS reporting software: a plain checklist

    A plain checklist of questions to ask any reporting tool before you buy: where each number comes from, who owns the data, and what the tool can show at audit time. No prices and no rankings.

  • For aged care providers8 min read

    AN-ACC funding classes and what sets a resident's care minutes

    AN-ACC places every permanent resident in one of 13 classes, and that class carries both the daily funding weight and the daily care-minutes figure. Here is how the model works and how to check your own numbers against it.

  • For aged care providers8 min read

    Aged care workforce reporting: vacancy and turnover explained

    Aged care providers report workforce information through a national survey, and the results are published openly. Here is what is collected, where to read it, and how to measure vacancy and turnover in your own home.

  • For NDIS providers8 min read

    NDIS pricing for SIL and SDA: how the 2026 arrangements work

    The NDIS pricing schedules set the most you can charge and claim for supported independent living and specialist disability accommodation. Here is how those arrangements work, and what to check before you quote or claim.

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