Action description:
Support essential aged care infrastructure to increase access to aged care services, improve quality outcomes and support service sustainability and viability in thin market locations. A key focus is to improve equity of access for First Nations people, senior Australians living in regional, rural and remote locations and those who are homeless or risk of homelessness. Under ACCAP, the department will manage multiple targeted and open grant opportunities using evidence based data to fund critical services in need of infrastructure upgrades.
Priority reform:
Priority Reform Two
Outcome:
Outcome 01
Status:
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?:
No
Indicators:
Rates of accessing/utilisation of health services (General Practitioner (GP) visits/ health assessments (Medicare Benefit 715), chronic disease care items (Team Care arrangement and GP Management Plan))
Responsible Ministers:
Minister for Health and Aged Care
Resourcing:
$678.0 million
Delivery timeframe:
Expected completion by June 2027
Agency:
Department of Health and Aged Care
National Indigenous Australians Agency