Health Minister GregHuntMP has announced $563.4 million will be spent on “significant extensions and expansions” to existing aged care support programs as part of the national aged care COVID-19 plan.
Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced $563.4 million will be spent on “significant extensions and expansions” to existing aged care support programs as part of the national aged care COVID-19 plan. The Health Minister outlined key areas which would receive additional funding in a bid to protect vulnerable elderly Australians from the coronavirus.
He said support for facilities would be extended until the end of February 2021 in order to reduce workforce gaps and provide for PPE needs and the extension of support for aged care workers in COVID-19 areas to operate on a single workforce basis. The expansion of short-term home support and the extension of the aged care workforce retention payment was listed by Mr Hunt as a critical area to which funds would be directed. Mr Hunt reiterated the cost of the new measures at $563.
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