Central Desert Regional Council

Aged Care Service Charges Price List

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Home Care Package (HCP) subsidies paid by Australian Government

The amounts shown below are the approximate amount allocated by the Australian Government for care each year for the allocated Home Care Package level and the viability supplement for living in a remote area, which is paid monthly in arrears to Central Desert Regional Council Aged Care Service.

Approximate Home Care Package Amount		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Home Care Package Funding*	Annual	$16,315.50	$23,283.35	$42,274.30	$60,403.85
Home Care Package Funding*	Per Fortnight	$625.80	$893.06	$1,621.48	$2,316.86

*Includes viability supplement of $19.55 per day.

HCP Care Management fees

Care management is an important service that includes meeting with working with you and your family to develop your care plan, coordinating care and services, rostering workers and delivering the care that will help you deliver on the goals you identified in your Care Plan.

Care management fees		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Fully Managed by provider 20%	Annual	$1,835.95	$3,230.25	$7,026.25	$10,654.35
Fully Managed by provider	Per fortnight	$70.42	$123.90	$269.50	$408.66
Self-managed by you	Annual	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

HCP Package Management fees

A package management fee is charged to cover the costs involved with preparing monthly statements managing your package funds and compliance and quality assurance activities required for Home Care Packages.

Package Management		Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Package management 15%	Annual	$1,376.05	$2,423.60	$5,270.60	$7,989.85
Package management 15%	Per Fortnight	$52.78	$92.96	$202.16	$306.46

Home Care Package Service Price List

House Cleaning and Yard maintenance can be brokerage through different service provider and all the other Care services will be provided by the CDRC staff at the Aged Care Centre and the centres will be open for clients from 9.00am to 3.00pm during the weekdays. Services will not be provided during weekends, public holidays and special CDRC Christmas shutdown period.

Service Name	Unit Type	Standard Hours (8am-6pm Mon – Fri)	Saturday	Sunday	Public Holiday
Domestic Assistance - Laundry	Per Load	$40	N/A	N/A	N/A
Domestic Assistance - Unaccompanied Shopping	Per Hour	$20	N/A	N/A	N/A
Personal Care – Assistance with meds	Per Unit	$20	N/A	N/A	N/A
Personal Care – Self-care with assistance	Per Hour	$40	N/A	N/A	N/A
Personal Care – Self-care with standby Assistance	Per Hour	$30	N/A	N/A	N/A
Social Support - Respite care in center	Per Hour	$40	N/A	N/A	N/A
Social Support – Encourage to take part in social, community &amp cultural	Per Hour	$35	N/A	N/A	N/A
Social Support – Individual support &amp accompanied Activities	Per Hour	$45	N/A	N/A	N/A
Social Support	Per Hour	$40	N/A	N/A	N/A
Transport (1km – 5km)	Per 5km	$20	N/A	N/A	N/A
Transport Additional (every 20km+)	Per 5km	$10	N/A	N/A	N/A
Meals – Breakfast &amp Lunch	Per Day	$50	N/A	N/A	N/A
Meals – Lunch (Monday to Friday)	Per Meal	$30	N/A	N/A	N/A
Meals – Weekend Hamper	Per Unit	$100	N/A	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse Visit	Per Hour	$120	N/A	N/A	N/A

Charges for meals for HCP clients The Home Care Package Program does not allow for the purchase of food, except as part of enteral feeding (tube in the nose to help with feeding). The HCP can pay for the cost of staff buying the food, cooking the food and delivering the food, but the client must pay for the cost of the food itself which equates to $11 per day.

Register of Elected Members’ Declared Conflicts of Interest

30 September 2021 to 15 September 2025

Under Section s116 and 117 of the Local Government Act the Council is required to keep and make public a register of members’ conflicts of interests as declared under Section 115.