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CACP, EACH and EACHD community care fee (care recipient fee or contribution) effective 20 March 2013

Pension rates are indexed twice yearly on 20 March and 20 September.

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The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) recently announced new pension rates that will take effect from 20 March 2013.

Further information about the new pension rates is available at the Hon Jenny Macklin MP website.

The new basic single Age Pension rate should be used when calculating the maximum daily CACP, EACH and EACHD community care fee for people on the basic rate of the pension.

Accordingly, from 20 March 2013, the maximum community care fee for CACP, EACH and EACHD recipients on the basic rate of pension will increase from $8.90 to $9.17 per day. For those care recipients whose income exceeds the basic rate of pension, the maximum fee is 17.5% of the person’s income to the level of the basic pension, plus up to 50% of income (minus tax and the Medicare levy) above the basic pension.

Further information about community care fees is available at the Care recipient contributions and subsidies for home care packages webpage.