2007 AGED CARE APPROVALS ROUND - OVER $2 MILLION - FOR THE ELECTORATE OF BERORWA
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP said today that the Federal Government has announced the first of 2007 Aged Care Approvals Rounds.
“Aged service providers in my electorate have been allocated more than seventy eight (78) new aged care places to help older constituents to continue living in their own homes at a total cost of $2,132,763,” Mr Ruddock said.
“These additional community care places, in the form of Community Aged Care Packages; Extended Aged Care at Home; and Dementia packages, will provide the equivalent of both low- and high-level residential aged care services to people – but in their own homes.”
The successful service providers are as follow:
Anglican Retirement Villages at Hornsby received:
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Community Aged Care Packages = 5 General, 9 Dementia and 15 for retirement villages
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Extended Aged Care at Home Packages = 9 General and 6 for retirement villages
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Dementia Packages = 8 General and 4 for retirement villages
Catholic Healthcare Limited located at Thornleigh received:
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Community Aged Care Packages = 10 general
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Extended Aged Care at Home Packages = 12 General
“As part of this package, the Government has increased the aged care planning benchmark to nine times as many places as there were in 1996 since the Howard government took office and the balance of the 2007 allocations, in the form of residential aged care places and capital grants, is expected to be announced before the end of the calendar year,” Philip Ruddock said.