- PART C RESIDENTIAL CARE Part C Covers: Defining Residential Care Eligibility Requirements Services Provided in Residential Care Low Level Care High Level Care Borderline Cases Residential Respite Changes to Residential Care Defining Residential Care Section 41-3 of the (the Act) defines residential care in the following way: Aged Care Act 1997 (1) Residential care is personal care or nursing care, or both personal and nursing care, that: (a) is provided to a person in a residential facility in which the person is also provided with accommodation that includes: i. appropriate staffing to meet the nursing and personal care needs of the person; and ii. meals and cleaning services; and iii. furnishings, furniture and equipment for the provision of that care and accommodation; and (b) meets any other requirements specified in the Residential Care Subsidy Principles. (2) However, residential care does not include any of the following: (a) care provided to a person in the private home; person’s (b) care provided in a hospital or a psychiatric facility; (c) care provided in a facility that primarily provides care to people who are not frail and aged (d) care that is specified in the Residential Care Subsidy Principles not to be residential care. Residential care is for frail older people whose overall care support needs cannot be adequately met in the general community even through a range of Home and Community Care (HACC) services or through a Home Care Package. Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) can approve people for residential care, depending on their level of disability and support required.
PART C - RESIDENTIAL CARE Part C Covers: Defining Residential Care Eligibility Requirements Services Provided in Residential Care Low Level Care High Level Care Borderline Cases Residential Respite Changes to Residential Care Defining Residential Care Section 41-3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) defines residential care in the following way: (1) Residential care is personal care or nursing care, or both personal and nursing care, that: (a) is provided to a person in a residential facility in which the person is also provided with accommodation that includes: i. appropriate staffing to meet the nursing and personal care needs of the person; and ii. meals and cleaning services; and iii. furnishings, furniture and equipment for the provision of that care and accommodation; and (b) meets any other requirements specified in the Residential Care Subsidy Principles. (2) However, residential care does not include any of the following: (a) care provided to a person in the person’s private home; (b) care provided in a hospital or a psychiatric facility; (c) care provided in a facility that primarily provides care to people who are not frail and aged (d) care that is specified in the Residential Care Subsidy Principles not to be residential care. Residential care is for frail older people whose overall care support needs cannot be adequately met in the general community even through a range of Home and Community Care (HACC) services or through a Home Care Package. Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) can approve people for residential care, depending on their level of disability and support required.
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