Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00106:section:5:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00106
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 4/24)
Character Range: 11679–14772

population and thereby to assist them to enhance their independence in the community and avoid their premature or inappropriate admission to long term residential care;
    (b) to expand and develop home and community care services through the joint co‑operation of the Commonwealth, the State, local governments and community organisations representing both service providers and users under a single cost‑shared arrangement;
    (c) to ensure access to home and community care among all groups within the target population, including migrants, aboriginals, persons suffering from brain failure and financially disadvantaged persons;
    (d) to ensure that, within available resources, priority is directed to persons within the target population most in need of home and community care;
    (e) to provide for persons within the target population an effective and integrated means of assessment of the need for and referral to home and community care services;
    (f) to ensure that, within available resources, home and community care services are provided equitably between regions and are responsive to regional differences;
    (g) to ensure that home and community care services are delivered in a manner that is cost‑effective, achieves integration, promotes independence and avoids duplication;
    (h) to enable the testing and evaluation of new and differing approaches to planning, co‑ordination and service delivery;
    (i) to enable regular and systematic client focussed monitoring of the effectiveness and efficiency of the program and the assessment of priorities;
    (j) to promote an integrated and co‑ordinated approach between the delivery of home and community care and related health and welfare programs, including programs providing residential or institutional care;
    (k) to facilitate the involvement of community organisations representing both service providers and users in the provision of advice to the Commonwealth Minister and the State Minister on needs and priorities under the program;
    (l) to develop a home and community care information system suitable for agency use that will facilitate planning and evaluation of the program at national, State and regional levels; and
    (m) to ensure that effective planning and co‑ordination arrangements are established that enable the above principles and goals to be achieved in a co‑operative manner.

(2) The objective of this agreement is the provision of moneys by the Commonwealth and the State—
    (a) to assist the State, local governments and community organisations to develop, through the rationalisation and expansion of existing services and the development of new services, a comprehensive range of integrated home and community care for persons within the target population where possible and appropriate; and
    (b) to facilitate the maintenance of those persons in their own homes, and avoid their premature or inappropriate admission to long term residential care and thereby improve their quality of life.

6. The program shall be directed towards assisting—
    (a) persons living