Question

Use the internet to access the My Aged Care website and familiarise yourself with the information available on this site. List three stakeholders that would have an interest in this site and suggest what that interest would be.

Answer 1

"My aged care" is an Australian government website which is started to provide care for Old age persons

Stakeholder means a person who has interest in the matter concerned

For the given website, the stakeholders include

1. Old age persons : Those persons who reached their old age can check the website to see what services that person can avail by staying at home. He can also check what types of facilities and services are available at any old age care centre. You can also check for you eligibility in the website.

2. Carers (Family of Old age persons) : A person can act as carer for an old age person at old age home or old persons home or his own home. He also have wide range of services available to him. A "Carer gateway" is also available to him and helps him in doing his role in better way. The website provides trained call centre to talk to in case of any queries . Carers can also take assessment of old age people and check eligibility within the website.

3. Health Professionals : The website helps the health care professionals to make referral of their patients. Also the health care professionals can come to website and reach the service providers available in case of urgent need of services to any of their old age patients.

4. Service Providers : These persons are registered with the website. These people also provides door to door services to old age people taking care at their homes. In certain cases when the old age people are in no position to make a call or contact the website for help, these people can directly reach them and later update the status on website.