Home support Home support provides entry-level services designed to help older Australians continue living in their own homes for as long as they can and wish to do so. The CHSP was implemented on 1 July 2015 and incorporated the following existing programs: Commonwealth HACC; Planned respite services under the National Respite for Carers program (NRCP); Day Therapy Centres (DTC); and Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged program (ACHA). The Western Australian HACC services for older people aged 65 years and over (and 50 years and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) will transition to the CHSP from 1 July 2018. This will result in the Commonwealth having full funding, policy and operational responsibility for the delivery of home support services for older people nationally. In the 2015-16 Budget, the Australian Government announced an intention to integrate the CHSP with the Home Care Packages Programme into a single home support and home care program by July 2018. In the 2017-18 Budget, the Australian Government extended funding agreements with CHSP providers by two years, which means that the Home Care Packages Programme and CHSP will operate as separate programs until at least mid-2020. Supply of home support In 2015-16, there were over 1,160 CHSP providers and 526 Victorian and Western Australian HACC providers. Providers of home support services are predominantly not-for-profit. In 2015-16, around 77 per cent of CHSP providers were not-for profit, with 18 per cent government owned. Chart 6.i shows the proportion of CHSP providers by ownership type. CHSP providers by ownership type, 2015-16 In 2015-16, over 640,000 consumers accessed services through the CHSP. Additionally, 285,432 older Australians accessed HACC services through the Victorian and Western Australian HACC programs. Funding of home support In 2015-16, the Australian Government provided home support funding of: $1.45 billion for the CHSP; $147.5 million for My Aged Care and Regional Assessment Service (RAS) to support the CHSP; and $609 million for the Victorian and Western Australian HACC programs. Chart 6.ii shows total expenditure on home support since 2011-12 and budgeted expenditure through to 2019-20. Australian Government expenditure on home support, 2011-12 to 2015-16 and budgeted expenditure, 2016-17 to 2019-20
Home support Home support provides entry-level services designed to help older Australians continue living in their own homes for as long as they can and wish to do so. The CHSP was implemented on 1 July 2015 and incorporated the following existing programs: Commonwealth HACC; Planned respite services under the National Respite for Carers program (NRCP); Day Therapy Centres (DTC); and Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged program (ACHA). The Western Australian HACC services for older people aged 65 years and over (and 50 years and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) will transition to the CHSP from 1 July 2018. This will result in the Commonwealth having full funding, policy and operational responsibility for the delivery of home support services for older people nationally. In the 2015-16 Budget, the Australian Government announced an intention to integrate the CHSP with the Home Care Packages Programme into a single home support and home care program by July 2018. In the 2017-18 Budget, the Australian Government extended funding agreements with CHSP providers by two years, which means that the Home Care Packages Programme and CHSP will operate as separate programs until at least mid-2020. Supply of home support In 2015-16, there were over 1,160 CHSP providers and 526 Victorian and Western Australian HACC providers. Providers of home support services are predominantly not-for-profit. In 2015-16, around 77 per cent of CHSP providers were not-for profit, with 18 per cent government owned. Chart 6.i shows the proportion of CHSP providers by ownership type. CHSP providers by ownership type, 2015-16 In 2015-16, over 640,000 consumers accessed services through the CHSP. Additionally, 285,432 older Australians accessed HACC services through the Victorian and Western Australian HACC programs. Funding of home support In 2015-16, the Australian Government provided home support funding of: $1.45 billion for the CHSP; $147.5 million for My Aged Care and Regional Assessment Service (RAS) to support the CHSP; and $609 million for the Victorian and Western Australian HACC programs. Chart 6.ii shows total expenditure on home support since 2011-12 and budgeted expenditure through to 2019-20. Australian Government expenditure on home support, 2011-12 to 2015-16 and budgeted expenditure, 2016-17 to 2019-20
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