An extra 10,000 home care packages - but is it enough?

Published 5th December 2019

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a $537 million funding package this week in response to the Aged Care Royal Commission’s Interim Report.

The package will provide:

• $496.3 million for an additional 10,000 home care packages
• $25.5 million to improve medication management programs to reduce chemical restraint and new restrictions and education for prescribers
• $10 million for dementia training and support to reduce the use of chemical restraint
• $4.7 million to meet new targets to remove younger people with disabilities from residential care.

The new home care packages will be targeted at higher needs recipients requiring Level 3 and 4 packages and will begin rolling out from 1 December 2019.

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Source:
Unknown Author, 2019, National Seniors Australia (https://nationalseniors.com.au/)