Home care The Home Care Packages programme provides support for older people with higher care needs who wish to remain living in their own homes for as long as possible. Packages are available at four funding levels, depending on each individual’s assessed care needs. Providers, packages and consumers In 2016–17 there were 702 providers of home care (up from 496 in 2015–16). Home care services were provided to 97,516 older Australians during 2016–17, up from 88,875. Table 7.i shows a breakdown of home care providers and consumers by ownership type, location and scale as at 30 June 2017. As shown, not-for-profit providers represent the largest provider group (65 per cent) and by far had the most consumers (82 per cent). The forprofit providers have a slightly larger proportion of the newer level 1 and 3 package levels than they do the level 2 and 4 packages as shown in Chart 7.i. Home care provider numbers and number of consumers, at 30 June 2017 Ownership type Location Scale Metropolitan Seven Two or Not-for-profit to more Metropolitan Single 30 30 Government six & June June For-profit Regional regional services services service 2016 2017 No. of 496 702 453 150 99 367 291 44 388 223 90 providers 65% 21% 14% 52% 41% 6% 55% 32% 13% No. of 64,069 71,423 58,783 7,719 4,921 38,969 10,795 21,659 8,291 18,481 44,651 consumers 82% 11% 7% 55% 15% 30% 12% 26% 63% Home care consumers, by package level and provider ownership type, at 30 June 2017 Funding and financing Home care funding sources predominantly comprise Commonwealth subsidies and supplements paid on behalf of consumers, and a lesser contribution from consumers. In 2016–17, total Commonwealth expenditure on home care subsidies and supplements was $1.68 billion, comprising of $1.64 billion in subsidies and $41 million in supplements, an increase of 12.8 per cent on $1.49 billion in 2015–16. Consumer contributions in 2016–17 totalled around $150 million compared with around $140 million in 2015–16.
Home care The Home Care Packages programme provides support for older people with higher care needs who wish to remain living in their own homes for as long as possible. Packages are available at four funding levels, depending on each individual’s assessed care needs. Providers, packages and consumers In 2016–17 there were 702 providers of home care (up from 496 in 2015–16). Home care services were provided to 97,516 older Australians during 2016–17, up from 88,875. Table 7.i shows a breakdown of home care providers and consumers by ownership type, location and scale as at 30 June 2017. As shown, not-for-profit providers represent the largest provider group (65 per cent) and by far had the most consumers (82 per cent). The forprofit providers have a slightly larger proportion of the newer level 1 and 3 package levels than they do the level 2 and 4 packages as shown in Chart 7.i. Home care provider numbers and number of consumers, at 30 June 2017 30 June 2016 30 June 2017 Ownership type Location Scale Not-for-profit For-profit Government Metropolitan Regional Metropolitan & regional Single service Two to six services Seven or more services No. of providers 496 702 453 65% 150 21% 99 14% 367 52% 291 41% 44 6% 388 55% 223 32% 90 13% No. of consumers 64,069 71,423 58,783 82% 7,719 11% 4,921 7% 38,969 55% 10,795 15% 21,659 30% 8,291 12% 18,481 26% 44,651 63% Home care consumers, by package level and provider ownership type, at 30 June 2017 Funding and financing Home care funding sources predominantly comprise Commonwealth subsidies and supplements paid on behalf of consumers, and a lesser contribution from consumers. In 2016–17, total Commonwealth expenditure on home care subsidies and supplements was $1.68 billion, comprising of $1.64 billion in subsidies and $41 million in supplements, an increase of 12.8 per cent on $1.49 billion in 2015–16. Consumer contributions in 2016–17 totalled around $150 million compared with around $140 million in 2015–16.