Home care payment reforms put on ice

Published 6th April 2020

Planned reforms to the way home care providers receive subsidies have been put on ice while the government deals with the COVID-19 crisis.

Aged care minister Richard Colbeck announced on March 27 that the implementation of the so-called home care payment alignment project will be postponed as the government deals with the “unprecedented health emergency”.

It’s one of a number of aged care initiatives, including some affecting residential care, put on a six hiatus hold during the pandemic response.

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Source:
Judy Skatssoon, 2020, Community Care Review (https://communitycarereview.com.au)