Prepare a business or implementation plan. c Decide to deliver the services and to apply to become an approved provider. Prepare a business plan. 3 If you decide to apply to become an approved provider of aged care services a Decide on the type of legal entity your community group or organisation will become. b Identify individuals who will become Board/Committee members. c Identify individuals who will operate the business on a day-to-day basis OR identify the skills and experience you will look for in additional people to be involved. d Complete an approved provider application. 4 Submit an Aged Care Approvals Round application a Identify responsibility for: Research (if not covered in 1). Identifying if aged care/ home care places are advertised in the region. Determining how many home care places or residential aged care places are needed. Building costing and fit-out, as required. Identifying the number and types of resident rooms (e.g. single/ ensuites) amount of communal and service space and a cost estimate (concept or architectural plans are not required for an ACAR application). Identifying the location and securing the right to property. Arranging finance (finance may only be agreed in principle as a financier may need more information). Writing the application. Making financial projections.
An approved provider is an organisation that has been approved by the Australian Government to operate aged care services (including home care and residential aged care) under the Act. Care recipient A care recipient is a person who receives aged care services from an approved provider. Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) Community care programmes, such as Home and Community Care (HACC), National Respite for Carers Programme (NRCP), Day Therapy Centres (DTC), Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged (ACHA) programmes have been consolidated to form the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) which commenced on 1 July 2015 in most states, as part of the changes to aged care. Culturally and linguistically diverse There are many elements to cultural and linguistic diversity within the Australian community. A standard set of Cultural and Language Indicators has been developed by the ABS (country of birth of person, main language other than English spoken at home, proficiency in spoken English, Indigenous status, ancestry, country of birth of father, country of birth of mother, first language spoken, language spoken at home, religious affiliation, and year of arrival in Australia). These indicators provide a range of information that is pertinent to the measurement of cultural and linguistic diversity, and of related advantage or disadvantage in terms of access to government services. Department of Social Services (DSS) The Australian Government department responsible for administering the Aged Care Act 1997. Ethnic communities council (ECC) An ethnic communities council (ECC) is a non-government peak advocacy body representing ethnic and multicultural communities. ECCs operate in each state and territory. Existing approved providers Existing approved providers are aged care organisations that deliver residential aged care and/or home care services to the community. Existing approved providers may provide general access places or they may target people from any of the nine special needs groups, including care recipients from CALD backgrounds. Some approved providers tailor part of their aged care services to the specific special needs groups although this is not the focus of the organisation. Home and community care (HACC)