Aged Care Fact sheets
Ensuring quality care
The Federal Government is determined to provide an aged care system that offers high care standards and has the confidence of the community.
Fact Sheet 2 - Aged Care
Ensuring quality care
The Federal Government is determined to provide an aged care system that offers high care standards and has the confidence of the community.
Aged care standards are monitored by the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency. The Complaints Resolution Scheme was also established and aims to give those involved in aged care access to a mechanism to handle complaints.
In the coming financial year, the Government will spend $3.8 billion on residential age care.
The accreditation system now underway requires providers to commit to continuous improvement that in turn requires more than just simple compliance with minimum standards.
New resources allocated in this Budget will allow the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency to give additional support to this process by further developing rapid response teams to monitor issues related to care standards.
It will also provide resources for the Department of Health and Aged Care to expand the investigation of complaints by the Complaints Resolution Scheme.
The Government has committed $11.7 million over four years to this initiative.
2000-01 $m | 2001-02 $m | 2002-03 $m | 2003-04 $m |
2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
Contact: David Graham, First Assistant Secretary, Aged and Community Care Division, (02) 6289 5480, 0414 645 440
Visit the Health and Aged Care Budget 2000-2001 website: www.health.gov.au/budget2000
The way that the GST affects Budget estimates, accounting statements and appropriations is described in Budget Paper No. 4.
Fact sheet 1 - National Strategy for an Ageing Australia
Fact sheet 3 - A helping hand for smaller aged care facilities
Fact sheet 4 - Simplifying income testing
Fact sheet 5 - Veterans' Home Care Program extends the reach of HACC services
