Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Ken Wyatt has announced the rollout of an additional 10,000 new high-level home care packages commencing this week.

Worth around $287 million the home care expansion is part of the Liberal National Government’s half-billion dollar aged care funding increase aimed at helping more seniors to remain living independently in their own homes.

 

The packages which will be split evenly between level three and level four are expected to be delivered by June 30, 2019 and along with the 20,000 extra packages that were funded in 2018 this new roll out will mean a 40 % increase in the number of people receiving home care packages.

 

Level Three which supports those with intermediate care needs will provide individuals with a sum of up to $33,000 per year while the government will pay up to $50,250 per year to those on a level four package.

MInister Wyatt added that there will also be a reduction in the maximum contribution they  can be asked to make through the basic daily fee by up to $400 per year for Level One packages, $200 a year for Level Two packages and $100 a year for Level Three packages.
 

The Government has invested an extra $1 billion in aged care since 2013 with a further $5 billion in funding expected over the next four years