General News
28 November, 2022
Call on care consistency
CONSISTENCY for use of home care packages would make a proposed aged supported residential centre in Wedderburn sustainable. Lions club sub-committee chair Jude Raftis said the club’s business plan would only stack up with government...
CONSISTENCY for use of home care packages would make a proposed aged supported residential centre in Wedderburn sustainable.
Lions club sub-committee chair Jude Raftis said the club’s business plan would only stack up with government assistance.
“We need our elderly to be able to bring their home care packages with them into our proposed community run not for profit facility,” she said.
“If you are on an NDIS package, this could come to the facility but not aged care.
“Working on our proposed model with 75 per cent occupancy would mean 22 residents.
“Even if they only brought half of their package with them this would be an additional $440,000 into the facility which would be more than enough to make it sustainable.
Jude said the business plan allowed the club to work on 85 per cent of the resident’s pension leaving us a shortfall of about $80,000 a year.
“it would be sustainable if we had 100 per cent occupancy,” she said.
“At present the Federal Government funds aged care by contributing $150 per person per day as well as the facility taking 85 per cent of their pension.
“The $150 per day alone equates to $1,204,500 without the additional income from pensions.
“This is a no brainer for government to consider as it would save them millions of dollars while still providing quality low level aged care.”
Wedderburn has been campaigning for two decades to establish an aged care facility in the town and last month released its business plan.