The design, build, implementation and sustainment of the ICT changes necessary to enable the new Support at Home Program.
The Government will provide additional funding of $338.7 million over 4 years from * $166.8 million in 2023-24 to release an additional 9,500 Home Care Packages * $73.1 million in 2023-24 for the design, build, implementation and sustainment of the ICT changes necessary to enable the new Support at Home Program * $71.5 million over 4 years from 2023-24 for the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority to undertake pricing and costing research activities to develop efficient unit prices annually for the Support at Home Program * $15.7 million over two years from 2023-24 to establish a single aged care assessment system, including the establishment of a First Nations assessment workforce * $10.9 million in 2024-25 to run a trial to test products and services for a new assistive technologies loan program, commencing in July 2024 within 2 states and territories * $0.7 million in 2023-24 to establish the Aged Care Sustainability Taskforce to provide advice to Government on the creation and maintenance of a high quality and sustainable aged care system * $0.1 million in 2023-24 for an Independent Implementation Readiness Assessment of the aged care reforms. The Government will postpone the commencement of the Support at Home Program to 1 July 2025 in response to sector feedback that a longer lead time is needed, and extend grant arrangements for the Commonwealth Home Support Programme for a further 12 months to 30 June 2025. This measure will be offset by redirecting funding from the 2023-24 Budget measure titled Improving the Investment in Aged Care. This measure extends the 2022-23 October Budget measure titled Implementing Aged Care Reform.