National Nursing Workforce Strategy

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• Accommodation payments and contributions from older people

  Older people may need to contribute towards the cost of accommodation in a residential aged care home. These accommodation payments can be made daily or as a refundable deposit.

• Contributions in residential care

  Older people in ongoing residential aged care may need to pay a resident contribution towards some of the costs of their care.

• Means testing

  Means testing helps the government work out how much an older person might have to pay towards the cost of their care, based on their income or assets.

• Recommendations 4.1 to 4.21 – Establish a Disability Rights Act

  Read progress on recommendations 4.1 to 4.21 of the Disability Royal Commission.

• Why is a strategy needed?

  There is a critical need for effective and coordinated action and a shared vision for the nursing workforce.

• Extra investigation powers

  This section outlines extra powers for authorised officers using investigation powers, including using or moving equipment to access evidence, ordering help to retrieve data and processes for handling items and potential compensation.

• Glossary

  This glossary explains common words and phrases used in aged care law. It is designed to help older people, families and carers better understand their rights, responsibilities and how aged care services work.

• Contributions in home or community settings

  Older people receiving care in home or community settings may need to make contributions towards the cost of their care. This takes into account how much they can afford to pay, based on their means test.

• Person-centred subsidies in residential care

  Person-centred subsidies in residential care relate to the needs of the older people receiving services in aged care homes.