Aged Care Act 1997 Determination under subsection 52-1(1) of the amount of flexible care subsidy for flexible care provided in the form of Extended Aged Care at Home (ACA Ch. 3 No. 2/2007) (Cth)

AGED CARE ACT 1997

Determination under subsection 52-1(1) of the amount of flexible care subsidy for flexible care provided in the form of Extended Aged Care at Home

I, SANTO SANTORO, Minister for Ageing, acting under paragraph 52-1(1)(b) of the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) REVOKE Determination ACA Ch.3 No. 10/2006 and DETERMINE that the amount of FLEXIBLE CARE SUBSIDY payable in respect of a day for an aged care recipient receiving flexible care in the form of extended aged care at home (EACH) is the amount worked out in accordance with the following method:

Step 1.        Identify the amount which is equivalent to the basic residential care subsidy amount that would be payable for that day if the EACH care recipient was receiving  residential care (not being respite care) at classification level RCS 2 at the same location.

Step 2. Determine whether the oxygen supplement under section 44-13 of the Act would be payable in respect of the EACH care recipient if he or she was receiving residential care. Add to the amount determined in Step 1, the amount which is equivalent to the amount (if any) of the oxygen supplement that would be payable in respect of the EACH care recipient.

Step 3. Determine whether the enteral feeding supplement under section 44-14 of the Act would be payable in respect of the EACH care recipient if he or she was receiving residential care. Add to the amount determined in Step 2, the amount which is equivalent to the amount (if any) of the enteral feeding supplement that would be payable in respect of the EACH care recipient.

Step 4         Determine whether the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) score for the geographical location at which the EACH care recipient resides is 3.52 or more.  If the ARIA score for that location is 3.52 or more, add the additional daily amount of Flexible Care Subsidy for flexible care in the form of EACH that corresponds to the ARIA score for that location, as set out in the following table:

ARIA score	Additional daily amount of Flexible Care Subsidy for flexible care in the form of EACH
ARIA score of 3.52 to 4.66 inclusive	$2.61
ARIA score of 4.67 to 5.80 inclusive	$3.14
ARIA score of  5.81 to 7.44 inclusive	$4.39
ARIA score of 7.45 to 9.08 inclusive	$5.27
ARIA score of  9.09 to 10.54 inclusive	$7.38
ARIA score of  10.55 to 12.00 inclusive	$8.85

In this Determination:

ARIA score, in relation to a location, means the score given to that location under the document titled ‘Viability Funding — ARIA scores for locations as at 30 July 1999’, published by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.

Commencement

The Determination is taken to have commenced on 1 January 2007.

Dated this 26^th day of February 2007

Signed by

SANTO SANTORO

Minister for Ageing