Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074:reg:23af
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 23AF
Character Range: 95502–96299

23AF  Entry into flexible care agreement—short‑term restorative care
 (1) An approved provider of a flexible care service through which short‑term restorative care is to be provided must offer a flexible care agreement to a prospective care recipient before a date for the start of the provision of short‑term restorative care is agreed.
 (2) The approved provider must ensure that the care recipient is informed of, and helped to understand, the terms of the flexible care agreement, in particular the terms about the following:
 (a) the care recipient's rights and responsibilities, including the rights mentioned in the "Charter of Aged Care Rights" set out in Schedule 1;
 (b) the services to be provided to the care recipient;
 (c) the fees and other charges to be paid under the agreement.