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2008 Aged Care Approvals Round Results

Information about the 2008-09 Aged Care Approvals Round Results.

Results of the 2008-09 Aged Care Approvals Round

Thousands More Aged Care Places for Older Australians

A total of 10,447 new aged care places will be allocated across Australia, the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, announced on 30 June 2009.

The 10,447 places worth more than $347 million a year in estimated recurrent funding comprise:

• 5,748 new residential aged care places, worth more than $230 million a year;
• 2,944 new Community Aged Care Packages;
• 1,193 new Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) packages; and
• 562 new EACH Dementia packages.

In addition, more than $51 million in capital grants will be allocated to assist aged care providers build or improve residential aged care services and $4.8 million will also be allocated as Community and Flexible Care Grants.

The new places are part of the 2008-09 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. Decisions on the aged care places are made independently by the Department of Health and Ageing.

A summary of the new aged care places, capital grants and community and flexible grants is attached.

Minister's Media Release

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2008-09 Aged Care Approvals Round – Summary of places and grants allocations

State/territory	Residential places	Community Aged Care Packages	Extended Aged Care at Home packages	Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia packages	Estimated Annual Recurrent funding	Capital Grants	Community and Flexible Care Grants
New South Wales	1,992	622	268	112	$104.82m	$22.09m	$1.05m
Victoria	1,338	447	239	72	$74.46m	$13.61m	$0.60m
Queensland	1,603	969	272	182	$95.49m	$0.16m	$1.22m
Western Australia	519	589	289	147	$50.23m	$10.59m	$0.85m
South Australia	123	101	44	20	$8.12m	-	$0.28m
Tasmania	89	72	29	16	$2.46m	$5.39m	$0.14m
ACT	84	90	35	5	$6.5m	-	$0.15m
Northern Territory	0	54	17	8	$1.81m	-	$0.51m
Totals	5,748	2,944	1,193	562	$347.69m	$51.84	$4.80m

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Deferred allocations
As at 30 June 2009, the above places include four deferred allocations; the allocations are deferred pending finalisation of the relevant approved provider status application process. The deferred allocations include three Extended Aged Care at Home packages in Victoria; six Community Aged Care Packages and 10 Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia packages in Queensland; and 15 Extended Aged Care at Home packages in Western Australia.

As the approved provider applications are progressively approved, this website, listing the details of the successful applicants in the 2008-09 Aged Care Approvals Round, will be updated.

Details of the new allocations

In order to provide applicants with further information about the 2008-09 Aged Care Approvals Round the new allocations are listed below - providing details of the allocations made to the successful applicants listed in order by state/territory and by approved provider.

A more detailed list of the results by aged care planning regions will be provided shortly.

Residential aged care places and Capital Grants

PDF printable version of the Residential aged care places and Capital Grant allocations by Approved Provider. (PDF 102 KB)

Community and flexible aged care packages and Community/Flexible Care Grant allocations

PDF printable version of the Community Aged Care places and community/flexible grant Allocations by Approved provider (PDF 206 KB)

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Further information

All applicants will receive written notification of the results of their 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 have the opportunity to obtain feedback from the Department regarding their application(s).

Applicants with unsuccessful applications wishing to obtain feedback from the Department 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 8201	1800 188 098 Ask for extension 8201
Tasmania	(03) 6221 1492	1800 005 119 Ask for extension 1492
Australian Capital Territory	(02) 6289 3366	1800 020 102 Ask for extension 3366
Northern Territory	(08) 8919 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.

Extra Service Status

Details in relation to Extra Service Status applications can be found at www.health.gov.au/ess
Note that of the 5,748 new residential places listed above, 535 have also been approved for extra service status.
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