Support for Carers
Residential Respite Manual (Aged Care Act 1997)
The Aged Care Act 1997 relates to residential care and is still current.
Background to the Aged Care Act 1997
The Aged Care Act 1997 underpins the Residential Aged Care Program.The Residential Aged Care Program is based on an alignment of the previous hostel and nursing home programs. It builds on the strengths of these programs, through improved funding, user charging and regulatory arrangements that will apply across the whole Australian Government funded residential aged care sector. The new system enables and encourages aged care services to provide high quality care and accommodation, ensures access and affordability, targets funding at those in the greatest need and allows flexibility and responsiveness of services to individual needs.
The Residential Respite Care Manual is an appendix to the Residential Care Manual (1999) and explains the residential respite care components of the Aged Care Act 1997.
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