Residential Care Grant Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 2)
I, Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop, Minister for Aged Care, make these principles under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 5 May 1999.
Bronwyn Bishop
Minister for Aged Care
Residential Care Grant Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 2)1
made under the
Aged Care Act 1997
Contents
Page
1 Name of principles
2 Commencement
3 Amendment of Residential Care Grant Principles 1997
Schedule 1 Amendment
1 Name of principles
These principles are the Residential Care Grant Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 2).
2 Commencement
These principles commence on gazettal.
3 Amendment of Residential Care Grant Principles 1997
Schedule 1 amends the Residential Care Grant Principles 1997.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(section 3)
[1] Subsection 20.7C (1)
substitute
(1) The Secretary must consider the extent to which, if the grant is allocated, the project will increase diversity of choice for current and future care recipients with special needs, and their carers and families in relation to the different kinds of services offered in the region.
Example
Diversity of choice for different kinds of services might be increased, for instance, in relation to:
service for care recipients who are financially or socially disadvantaged
service for care recipients affected by dementia
service for care recipients belonging to an ethnic community
service for care recipients belonging to an indigenous community
ageing in place service
service to meet the needs of couples.
Note
1. Made by the Minister for Aged Care on 5 May 1999.