5Meaning of low‑means care recipient

5 Meaning of low‑means care recipient

A care recipient is a low‑means care recipient on a day if: (a) the care recipient is being provided with residential care through a residential care service on that day; and (b) either: (i) the care recipient is eligible for accommodation supplement under section 44‑28 of the Act for that day; or (ii) on the day (the entry day) on which the care recipient entered the residential care service, the care recipient’s means tested amount was less than the maximum accommodation supplement amount for the entry day.

Note: Maximum accommodation supplement amount has the meaning given by subsection 44‑21(6) of the Act.