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Aged Care Approvals Round

2012-13 Aged Care Approvals Round

Information about the 2012-13 Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR)

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Invitation to Apply for places and grants

An Invitation to Apply for 8,341 residential places, 5,835 Home Care Packages, more than $150 million in zero real interest loans, $51 million in capital grants and Extra Service Status appeared in major metropolitan and leading regional newspapers on Saturday 10 November 2012.

The application forms and associated reference materials are available for download below.

If you have difficulty downloading any of the documents, please contact the Aged Care Help Desk on 1800 900 554.

Closing date for submitting applications

Closing date for submitting applications is 2.00 pm Friday 21 December 2012. Applications must be lodged with the State or Territory Office of the Department of Health and Ageing in which the places, loans or grants are being sought.
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2012-13 Application Forms

There is one application form for all types of Home Care Packages. There are two different forms for residential aged care places. The application forms must be read in conjunction with the 2012-13 ACAR Essential Guide.

Please note – an amended 2012-13 Aged Care Approvals Round, Residential aged care places, Zero Real Interest Loan, Capital Grant application form was released on 30 November 2012, correcting two typographical errors in the tables under question 15.1

Further information is provided in the updated Questions and Answers on this webpage.

Home Care Packages

Use this form for applying for Home Care Packages. Note: Home Care Packages are available for allocation in specific Aged Care Planning Regions (see Section 7 Regional Distribution of Aged Care Places). Applications in other Aged Care Planning Regions (those not covered by the Regional Distribution of Aged Care Places) will not be assessed in the ACAR. For further information on Home Care Packages please see Section 2 of the Essential Guide and Home Care Package Overview:

2012-13 Aged Care Approvals Round, Residential aged care places, Zero Real Interest Loan, Capital Grant

Use this form for applying for Residential aged care places, a Zero Real Interest Loan and or a Capital Grant or a combination of the above. You must complete a separate application form for each service in which you are seeking residential aged care places, a zero real interest loan and/or a capital grant. For further information, please see Section 3A, Section 4 and Section 5 of the Essential Guide.

2012-13 Aged Care Approvals Round Existing Residential aged care Approved Providers, seeking additional residential aged care places, only, at an existing residential aged care service

This form is for use by Existing Residential Approved Providers ONLY, seeking 10 or less additional residential aged care places, at an existing residential aged care service. For further information, please see Section 3B of the Essential Guide. The information provided in this publication is for the assistance of all prospective applicants. It is not intended as a replacement for, or a complete summary of the requirements contained in the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) or the Aged Care Principles. All prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to familiarise themselves with the provisions of the Act and the Principles prior to lodging an application.

2012-13 ACAR Essential Guide

You may download this document in word or PDF format. The document contains the following sections. It is essential that you read the sections relevant to your application(s).
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Section 1 Introduction

Section 2 Home Care Packages

Section 3 Residential Aged Care Places, Zero Real Interest Loan and/or Capital Grant

Section 3A Completing your “Residential Aged Care Places, Zero Real Interest Loan and/or Capital Grant” application form, and Section 3B Completing your “Existing Residential aged care Approved Providers, seeking additional residential aged care places, ONLY, at an existing residential aged care service” application form.

Section 4 Zero Real Interest loans

Section 5 Capital Grants

Section 6 Extra Service status

Section 7 Regional Distribution of Aged Care Places

Section 8 Regional Response to the 2011 Aged Care Approvals Round

Questions and Answers

The attached document will assist you with general information about the 2012-13 Aged Care Approvals Round and the application process. If the answer you are seeking is not in the document, please email Aged Care Approval Round. The Questions and Answers document will be updated as needed.

Aged Care Planning Region Maps

The new places made available for the 2012-13 Aged Care Approvals Round are distributed across aged care planning regions within each state or territory. These maps show the regions across Australia and are available on the Aged Care Approvals Round Planning Region Maps webpage.

Where to lodge applications

NSW & ACT

Postal Address:

Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR) Section
New South Wales and ACT Office
MDP 114
Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Sydney NSW 2001

Street Address:

Tender Box
Level 8, 260 Elizabeth St
Surry Hills
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VIC

Postal Address:

Planning & Development Section
Victorian State Office
MDP 115
Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Melbourne VIC 3001

Street Address:

Tender Box
Level 9
595 Collins Street
Melbourne

QLD

Postal Address:

Planning and Allocations Section
Queensland State Office
MDP 116
Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Brisbane Qld 4001

Street Address:

Level 17
160 Ann Street
Brisbane

SA

Postal Address:

Aged Care Planning and Allocations Section
South Australian State Office
Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Adelaide SA 5001

Street Address:

ACAR Reception
Level 13, 11-29 Waymouth Street
Adelaide

WA

Postal Address:

ACAR Application
Residential Section
Western Australian State Office
MDP 118
Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Perth WA 6848

Street Address:

ACAR Application
Level 1 Australia Place
15-17 William Street
Perth
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TAS

Postal Address:

Assessment and Places Management Section
Tasmanian State Office
MDP 119
Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Hobart TAS 7001

Street Address:

The Tender Box
Level 1, 100 Melville Street
Hobart

NT

Darwin Office

Postal Address:
NT Aged & Community Care Section
Northern Territory State Office
Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Darwin NT 0801

Street Address:
Tender Box
Level 7, Jacana House
39 - 41 Woods Street
Darwin

Central Australian Office

Postal Address:
NT Aged & Community Care Section
Northern Territory State Office
Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 8091
Alice Springs NT 0871

Street Address:
Level 2, Anangu House
Cnr Bath St & Gregory Tce
Alice Springs

Additional Reference information:

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