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2007 Aged Care Approvals Round

Information about the 2007 Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR)

6,500 More Aged Care Places For Older Australians

A total of 6,525 new residential aged care places worth $233.3 million a year in recurrent funding will be allocated across Australia, the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot announced on 20 December 2007.

In addition, capital grants of $40.5 million are to be allocated to assist aged care providers build or improve residential aged care services.

The new places are part of the 2007 Aged Care Approvals Round – an annual competitive assessment process that allocates new aged care places to providers who best demonstrate they can meet the needs of the ageing population within a specified region. This process was commenced under the former Howard Government. Decisions on aged care places are made independently by the Department of Health and Ageing.

A summary of the new residential aged care place and capital grant allocations is attached.

2007 ACAR - Summary of residential aged care place and capital grants allocations

State/Territory	Residential places	Total annual recurrent funds ($m)	Capital Grants ($m)
New South Wales	2,091	$74.75	$10.11
Victoria	1,490	$59.00	$9.54
Queensland	1,622	$53.41	$3.97
Western Australia	644	$21.68	$7.69
South Australia	375	$13.96	$0.25
Tasmania	63	$1.89	$2.57
Australian Capital Territory	175	$6.59	-
Northern Territory	65	$2.01	$6.33
TOTALS	6,525	$233.29m	$40.47m

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Details of the new allocations

In order to provide applicants with further information about the 2007 Aged Care Approvals Round the new allocations are listed in two separate formats.

In the first format, and in a change from previous years, details of the allocations made to the successful applicants are listed in order of state/territory and aged care planning region, and include a summary of the number of applications received within the region and the number of successful applications for the region.

In the second 'traditional' format, details of the allocations made to the successful applicants are listed in order of state/territory, by approved provider.

Residential aged care places and capital grants

PDF printable version of the Residential Aged Care Place Allocations by Planning Region (PDF 176 KB)

PDF printable version of the Residential Aged Care Places and Capital Grant Allocations by Approved Provider (PDF 53 KB)

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Further information

All applicants will receive written notification of the results of their residential aged care place and/or capital grants application(s).

Successful applicants will subsequently receive a follow-up letter from the Department with further details of their approval, including details of the relevant conditions of allocation.

Unsuccessful applicants for residential aged care places have the opportunity to obtain a debrief from the Department regarding their application(s). Applicants with unsuccessful applications wishing to obtain a debrief should contact the appropriate State or Territory office of the Department to arrange a mutually convenient appointment. The relevant Departmental contact telephone numbers are listed below.

State or territory office	Contact telephone number	Freecall number
New South Wales	(02) 9263 3516	1800 048 998 Ask for extension 3516
Victoria	(03) 9665 8712	1800 822 882 Ask for extension 8712
Queensland	(07) 3360 2668	1800 177 099 Ask for extension 2668
Western Australia	(08) 9346 5226	1800 198 008 Ask for extension 226
South Australia	(08) 8237 8334	1800 188 098 Ask for extension 8334
Tasmania	(03) 6221 1408	1800 005 119 Ask for extension 1408
Australian Capital Territory	(02) 6289 3377	1800 020 102 Ask for extension 3377
Northern Territory	(08) 8946 3454	1800 019 122 Ask for extension 3454

Unsuccessful applicants for capital grants will receive separate written advice providing reasons as to why their capital grant application was not successful.

Unsuccessful applicants for Community Aged Care Packages, Extended Aged Care at Home packages and Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia packages also have the opportunity to now obtain a debrief from the Department regarding their application(s). Applicants wishing to obtain a debrief should contact the appropriate State or Territory office of the Department using the above telephone numbers to arrange a mutually convenient appointment.

Community aged care places and community care grants (incorporates Community Aged Care Packages, Extended Aged Care at Home packages and Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia packages)

PDF printable version of the Community Aged Care Place Allocations by Region (PDF 236 KB)

PDF printable version of the Community Aged Care Place Allocations by Approved Provider (PDF 97 KB)

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