The federal budget includes almost $8 billion over four years to reform residential aged care with around half of that going toward funding and reporting a minimum of 200 care minutes for residents each day.<\/p>\n
The funding is part of a five-year $17.7 billion aged care package Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced on Tuesday night as \u201cpractical and targeted new funding to significantly improve the system.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other big ticket items include more than $3 billion for a $10 Basic Daily Fee supplement and $6 billion to tackle the home care waitlist with 80,000 new home care packages.<\/p>\n
The budget funds the government\u2019s \u201c5 pillar Aged Care Reform Plan\u201d in response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and includes $7.8 billion for residential aged care and $7.4 billion for home care.<\/p>\n
To know more read the entire article originally published in Australian Ageing Agenda here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n