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Wednesday’s decision to delay the new Aged Care Act and Support at Home program by four months – until 1 November – is going to be a costly one.
With the existing Short-Term Restorative Care Programme to transform and be extended under the new Support at Home program, new research has revealed that it helped 99% of participants to keep living at home.
A growing coalition of aged care leaders is pushing back on plans to merge CHSP into Support at Home, arguing the system risks dismantling its most effective and efficient layer of care.
Just over six months remain until the new Aged Care Act and Support at Home program come into effect, and time is ticking as service providers prepare for once-in-a-generation changes.
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