Govt says home care needs ‘overestimated’

Published 15th June 2021

The government says it has over-estimated by 5,000 the number of lower level home care packages it needs to roll out over the next two years.

Aged care services Minister Richard Colbeck told a senate estimates committee last week that the 80,000 packages promised in the federal budget will begin rolling out from July 1 at the rate of 40,000 a year.

Assistant health secretary Chamandeep Chehl said between this year and 2023 there will be 12,000 level 4 packages, 37,000 level 3, and 36,000 level 2 packages.

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Source:
Judy Skatssoon, 2021, Community Care Review (https://communitycarereview.com.au)