Aged Care Act 1997 - Determination under section 52-1 for flexible care subsidy in respect of Extended Aged Care at Home (ACA Ch. 3 No. 22/2005)

AGED CARE ACT 1997

Determination under section 52-1 for flexible care subsidy in respect of Extended Aged Care at Home

I, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Ageing, acting under section 52-1(1)(b) of the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) REVOKE, from the date of this Determination, Determination ACA Ch.3 14/2005 made on 21 June 2005 in respect of flexible care provided as extended aged care at home,

I DETERMINE, that the amount of FLEXIBLE CARE SUBSIDY in respect of flexible care provided as extended aged care at home, as described in section 15.6 of the Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997, payable from the date of this Determination, in respect of a day, is the amount worked out in accordance with the method set out below.

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Step 1 Establish the basic subsidy amount that would be payable for that day if the care recipient was receiving residential care (not being respite care) at the same location in a residential care service where the care recipient was classified at classification level RCS 2.

Step 2 Add the amount equivalent to the amount of the oxygen supplement that would be payable under subsection 44-13(1) of the Act if the care recipient was receiving residential care;

Step 3 Add the amount equivalent to the amount of the enteral feeding supplement that would be payable under subsection 44-14(1) of the Act if the care recipient was receiving residential care.

The result is the amount of flexible care subsidy payable in respect of the care recipient for flexible care provided to the care recipient; in the form of extended aged care at home, on that day.

Dated this …8th……… day of…December……….2005

Signed by

Julie Bishop

JULIE BISHOP

Minister for Ageing