Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_317
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 317
Character Range: 869684–871750

317       Specialist Dementia Care Program                                                                                                                     To provide grants to organisations and the States and Territories to deliver care and services or other support to eligible care recipients, including specialist care for people exhibiting very severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) to provide, or incidental to the provision of, sickness benefits; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) to meet Australia's obligations under:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 4, 25, 26 and 28; or
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) involving the granting of financial assistance to a State or Territory; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) undertaken in, or in relation to, a Territory.