Aged Care (Amount of Flexible Care Subsidy – Innovative Care Services) Determination 2010 (No. 1)¹
Aged Care Act 1997
I, JUSTINE ELLIOT, Minister for Ageing, make this Determination under
section 52-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 15th June 2010
JUSTINE ELLIOT
Minister for Ageing
Contents
Part 1 Preliminary 3
1 Name of Determination 3
2 Commencement 3
3 Revocation 3
Part 2 Care recipients receiving flexible care (other than consumer directed care) 4
4 Application of Part 4
5 Amount of flexible care subsidy (other than for consumer directed care) 4
Part 3 Care recipients receiving flexible care in the form of consumer directed care 5
6 Application of Part 5
7 Amount of flexible care subsidy for consumer directed care 5
Schedule 1 Amounts of flexible care subsidy 6
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Aged Care (Amount of Flexible Care Subsidy - Innovative Care Services) Determination 2010 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 1 July 2010.
3 Revocation
The Aged Care (Amount of flexible care subsidy – Innovative Care Services) Determination 2009 (No. 1) made by the Minister on 11 June 2009, also known as F2009L02388, is revoked.
Part 2 Care recipients receiving flexible care (other than consumer directed care)
4 Application of Part
This Part applies to a care recipient receiving innovative care services of a kind specified in section 15.24 of the Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997 (other than those specified in paragraph 15.24 (1) (ea)) provided by an approved provider listed in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 1.
5 Amount of flexible care subsidy
The flexible care subsidy for a day for a care recipient is the amount mentioned in Column 2 of the table in Schedule 1.
Part 3 Care recipients receiving flexible care in the form of consumer directed care
6 Application of Part
This Part applies to a care recipient receiving innovative care services of a kind specified in paragraph 15.24 (1) (ea) of the Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997.
Note The services described in paragraph 15.24 (1) (ea) of the Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997 are consumer directed care services.
7 Amount of flexible care subsidy
The flexible care subsidy for a day for a care recipient is:
(a) for consumer directed low care – the amount of community care subsidy that would be payable in respect of a day for the care recipient if the care recipient was receiving community care, worked out in accordance with Aged Care (Community Care Subsidy Amount) Determination 2010 (No. 1);
(b) for consumer directed high care – the amount of flexible care subsidy that would be payable in respect of a day for the care recipient if the care recipient was receiving flexible care in the form of extended aged care at home, worked out in accordance with Aged Care (Amount of Flexible Care Subsidy – Extended Aged Care at Home) Determination 2010 (No. 1); and
(c) for consumer directed high care dementia – the amount of flexible care subsidy that would be payable in respect of a day for the care recipient if the care recipient was receiving flexible care in the form of extended aged care at home - dementia, worked out in accordance with Aged Care (Amount of Flexible Care Subsidy – Extended Aged Care at Home - Dementia) Determination 2010 (No. 1).
Schedule 1 Amounts of flexible care subsidy
(sections 4 and 5)
Column 1 – Approved Provider
Column 2 – amount of flexible care subsidy ($)
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Victoria
65.30
Helping Hand Aged Care Inc.
59.23
Renmark Paringa District Hospital Inc.
33.27
Senses Foundation Inc.
74.15
Oakdale Services Tasmania
67.05
The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) – Orange
68.20
New Horizons Enterprises Ltd
68.94
Clarence Valley Council (formerly Maclean Shire Council)
68.70
Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) Springwood Retirement Village
63.68
Note
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