Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00071:reg:105
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00071
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 105
Character Range: 177715–179740

105  Innovative care services
 (1) An innovative care service is a flexible care service through which any of the following is provided:
 (a) care that, by its nature, provides alternative care options, including care for older persons:
 (i) with complex conditions; or
 (ii) who require coordination and integration of care;
 (b) care provided in circumstances that require the delivery of alternative care options, including care provided:
 (i) in an emergency such as a natural disaster involving fire or flood; or
 (ii) as part of an initiative to address access by older persons to, or the viability of, aged care services; or
 (iii) where the care needs of a care recipient are not being adequately met by available residential care services or home care services; or
 (iv) as part of a joint initiative between the Commonwealth and a State or Territory to promote alternative care options for older persons;
 (c) care provided in a location that, by its nature, requires the delivery of alternative care options, including care provided in an area that is not a major city;
 (d) care provided to a group of people who are in need of alternative care options, including care provided to older persons who:
 (i) require coordination and integration of care; or
 (ii) have complex, chronic conditions; or
 (iii) need short term aged care following hospitalisation;
 (e) care provided for a limited period to facilitate alternative care options, including care provided:
 (i) by a pilot service or project; or
 (ii) to care recipients in places that have been allocated for a limited time in an emergency;
 (f) other kinds of care that, to the satisfaction of the Secretary:
 (i) are provided in a residential or community setting; and
 (ii) provide alternative care options.
 (2) For subsection (1), alternative care options are options for providing flexible care to older persons that meet the needs of care recipients in alternative ways to the care provided through residential care services and home care services.