Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00071:reg:61
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00071
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 61
Character Range: 84085–85420

61  Meaning of essential expenses for a recipient of residential care
 (1) Essential expenses, for a recipient of residential care, include expenditure on any of the following:
 (a) resident fees;
 (b) if the partner or a dependent child of the care recipient lives in the care recipient's principal home—rent or mortgage for the principal home;
 (c) private health insurance;
 (d) ambulance cover;
 (e) medical expenses, including expenses incurred under a health professional's direction;
 (f) transport costs to attend medical appointments;
 (g) dental care;
 (h) prescription glasses (one pair per year) or contact lenses;
 (i) artificial limbs, eyes or hearing aids for amounts that are not already covered by other government schemes or programs;
 (j) wheelchair and mobility aids;
 (k) if the care recipient is paying a funeral plan on a periodic basis—the funeral plan.
 (2) However, essential expenses, for a recipient of residential care, do not include expenditure on any of the following:
 (a) extra service fees for a place in a residential care service that has extra service status;
 (b) amounts paid for additional care and services agreed as mentioned in paragraph 56‑1(e) of the Act;
 (c) amounts spent by a person, authorised to act on the care recipient's behalf, other than for the benefit of the care recipient.