About Home Care Package supplements
For eligible care recipients, we pay supplements into their home care account held by Services Australia to help with the cost of meeting specific care needs.
There are 2 types of supplements for Home Care Packages:
You must include any supplement amounts in the eligible care recipient’s:
Eligibility
The eligibility and application process varies for each supplement.
We automatically check eligibility for the top-up, veterans’ and viability supplements.
For others, you are responsible for applying for the supplement on your care recipient’s behalf.
Check the eligibility for each supplement and how to apply.
Primary supplements
The following supplements are available to eligible care recipients to meet their special care needs. These supplements may be affected by subsidy reductions.
- Dementia and cognition supplement
- Enteral feeding supplement
- Oxygen supplement
- Top-up supplement
- Veterans' supplement.
Other supplements
The following supplements are not affected by subsidy reductions:
Who decides the supplement rates
The Australian Government decides the supplement rates.
View the daily supplement rates in the Schedule of Subsidies and Supplements.
When the supplements can vary
Supplement rate changes
The rates for the primary supplements and the viability supplement are indexed every year on 1 July.
View the current rates in the Schedule of Subsidies and Supplements.
Temporary leave
If a care recipient takes temporary leave from their Home Care Package, we may stop paying some supplements. It depends on how many days of leave they take.
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