ACA. Ch.3 No. 15 / 2002
AGED CARE ACT 1997
Determination of amount of flexible care subsidy under section 52-1
for pilot services in NSW
I, KEVIN JAMES ANDREWS, Minister for Ageing, acting under paragraph 52-1(1)(a) and subsection 52-1(2) of the Aged Care Act 1997, DETERMINE that the amount of
FLEXIBLE CARE SUBSIDY payable in respect of a day and based on the following
matters is as set out below:
For the kind of care specified in paragraph 15.24(1)(b) of the Flexible Care Subsidy
Principles, where this is in accordance with the joint initiatives agreed between the
Department of Health and Ageing, NSW Health and the Approved Providers listed below, the rate of Flexible Care Subsidy per place per day, commencing on 1 July 2002 or thereafter, is
as follows:
Pilot service | Rate of flexible care subsidy | Approved Provider |
Central Sydney ICRS Pilot “Up and at ‘Em” | $65.80 | Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) through Lucan Care |
Newcastle Innovative Care Enablement (NICE) Service | $102.00 | Baptist Community Services |
Northern Sydney Innovative Care Rehabilitation Service (NSICRS) pilot | $73.65 | NSW Government |
For the kind of care specified in paragraph 15.24(1)(d) of the Flexible Care Subsidy
Principles, where this is in accordance with the joint initiatives agreed between the
Department of Health and Ageing, NSW Health and the Approved Providers listed below, the
rate of Flexible Care Subsidy per place per day, commencing on 1 July 2002 or thereafter, is
as follows:
Pilot service | Rate of flexible care subsidy | Approved Provider |
Central Coast Short Term Intensive Community Care and Support (STICCS) | $85.61 | Hammond Care Group |
Greater Murray Dementia Care (GMADC) pilot | $92.46 | NSW Government |
Northern Rivers Mobile Dementia Rehabilitation Service (NRMDRS) | $83.47 | NSW Government |
Dated this 25th day of June 2002
KEVIN ANDREWS
Minister for Ageing