High care beds sought in latest aged care funding round applications
The Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot has released a break-down on applications for nursing home places – showing providers are overwhelmingly seeking high care beds in this year’s Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR) 2008-2009. Two-thirds of the residential aged care places sought were high-level care.
Mrs Elliot said the Australian Government had comprehensive plans like its Zero Real Interest Loan program to target areas of undersupply like Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Tasmania. In Tasmania and WA, the Australian Government has already offered $16.1 million and $46.6 million, respectively in loans.
The next round of the loans would further target these states as well as the Northern Territory – where no applications for residential places were received in the ACAR.
