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This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy—Amount of Concessional Resident Supplement) Determination 2013 (No. 2).
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This Determination sets the daily payment amounts that the Australian Government pays to aged care homes as a concessional resident supplement — extra funding for looking after low-income elderly residents.
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Why it matters: This top-up funding helps aged care providers cover the costs of caring for residents who cannot afford to pay much themselves, with higher rates for providers that care for larger concentrations of vulnerable residents.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy—Amount of Concessional Resident Supplement) Determination 2013 (No. 2).
This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy—Amount of Concessional Resident Supplement) Determination 2013 (No. 2).
In this Determination:
Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.
new resident has the meaning given by section 21.11B of the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997.
relevant residential care service, for a care recipient who is a concessional resident, means the residential care service that provides residential care (other than respite care) to the care recipient on a day.
For subsection 44-6(4) of the Act, the amount of concessional resident supplement for a day is: (a) for a care recipient who is a concessional resident: (i) if, on the day, more than 40% of the new residents to whom the relevant residential care service provides residential care (other than respite care) are supported residents, concessional residents or assisted residents—$20.51; and (ii) in any other case—$13.41; and (b) for a care recipient who is an assisted resident—$8.45.
(1) For the purposes of this section, a care recipient is on pre-entry leave in the circumstances described in subsection 42-3(3) of the Act. (2) For subsection 44-6(4) of the Act, the amount of the concessional resident supplement for a day on which the care recipient is on pre-entry leave is $0.00.
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This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy—Amount of Concessional Resident Supplement) Determination 2013 (No. 2).
In this Determination:
Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.
new resident has the meaning given by section 21.11B of the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997.
relevant residential care service, for a care recipient who is a concessional resident, means the residential care service that provides residential care (other than respite care) to the care recipient on a day.
For subsection 44-6(4) of the Act, the amount of concessional resident supplement for a day is: (a) for a care recipient who is a concessional resident: (i) if, on the day, more than 40% of the new residents to whom the relevant residential care service provides residential care (other than respite care) are supported residents, concessional residents or assisted residents—$20.51; and (ii) in any other case—$13.41; and (b) for a care recipient who is an assisted resident—$8.45.
(1) For the purposes of this section, a care recipient is on pre-entry leave in the circumstances described in subsection 42-3(3) of the Act. (2) For subsection 44-6(4) of the Act, the amount of the concessional resident supplement for a day on which the care recipient is on pre-entry leave is $0.00.