THE Farrer electorate will benefit from an increased federal government subsidy paid to aged care service providers with an additional $777,356 rolled out in the budget.
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Services at Corowa, Howlong, Holbrook, Culcairn, Henty, Lockhart, The Rock and Urana will be boosted by changes to the “viability supplement” – a monthly payment to improve the capacity of smaller, rural aged-care providers.
Farrer MP Sussan Ley is also the federal aged care minister and made it a focus to implement a better deal for regional and rural areas.
“It is absolutely vital that we support and protect aged care services in the more isolated parts of the nation, where a resident has familiar surroundings or support, and where family or friends are also more likely to live much closer,” she said.
“This is no different in Farrer.
“I am proud to say that ensuring our elderly rural citizens are ‘better off in the bush’ comes largely because of Coalition-driven changes to the geographical remoteness classification system.”