Aged care financial hardship assistance - assessment 065-05030010

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Aged Care Act 1997

• section 44-30 and 48-10 - The hardship supplement
• section 44-31 and 48-11 - Determining cases of financial hardship
• section 44-32 and 48-12 - Revoking determinations of financial hardship
• section 52J - Rules about refundable deposits

Subsidy Principles 2014

Residential care

• section 60 - Eligibility for hardship supplement - determination by Secretary
• section 61 - Meaning of essential expenses for a recipient of residential care
• section 62 - Circumstances in which Secretary may revoke financial hardship determination

Home care

• section 95 - Eligibility for hardship supplement - determination by Secretary
• section 96 - Meaning of essential expenses for a recipient of home care
• section 97 - Circumstances in which Secretary may revoke financial hardship determination

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

• section 44-30 - The hardship supplement
• section 44-31 - Determining cases of financial hardship

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014

• section 57 - Eligibility for hardship supplement (residential care fees)
• sections 58, 83 and 122 - Circumstances in which Secretary may revoke financial hardship determination
• section 82 - Matters to which the Secretary must have regard in deciding whether to make financial hardship determination. (accommodation bonds)
• section 121 - Matters to which the Secretary must have regard in deciding whether to make financial hardship determination (accommodation charge)

Fees and Payments Principles 2014

• section 38 - Matters to which Secretary must have regard in deciding whether to make financial hardship determination
• section 39 - Meaning of Essential Expenses

Quality of Care Principles 2014

Relevant sections are as follows:

• Schedule 1 - Care and services for residential care services
• Part 1 - Hotel Services
• Part 2 - Care and services
• Part 3 - Care and services
• Schedule 3 - Care and services for home care services
• Part 1 - Care and services
• Part 2 - Excluded items

Table 1: This table contains Aged Care Act 1997 references relating to home care.

These tables contain Act references relating to Residential Care.

Table 2: pre 1 July 2014: Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 & Aged Care (Transitional Provision) Principles 2014.

Table 3: post 1 July 2014: Aged Care Act 1997 and Subsidy Principles 2014.