Capital Grant Funding to support aged care services in Braddon

The Albanese Government is investing $135 million in grant funding to support 76 projects around the country that will deliver improved access to quality aged care services in these locations.

The majority of this investment directly supports aged care providers located outside of major cities, enabling them to build, modernise and improve their services so older people can access the aged they need when and where they need it.

This funding will also support the building of critical new staff accommodation, improved services for older people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and the delivery of more culturally appropriate aged care in First Nations communities.

For the electorate of Braddon, we are pleased to announce that Emmerton Park’s Residential Care Facility in Smithton, Onecare’s Rubicon Grove in Port Sorell and West Coast District Hospital’s Lyell House have received grants totalling $7,134,866 that will deliver improved access and quality outcomes for our older community members here in Northwest Tasmania.  In particular, a major investment of $5,741 million for much needed additional aged care beds in Queenstown.

This funding, delivered under the Aged Care Capital Assistance Program (ACCAP), supports the basic rights of all older people in Australia to have access to safe and high-quality aged care services regardless of where they live. For more information about ACCAP, including details of the funded projects for Braddon and upcoming rounds, visit: www.health.gov.au/accap.

Quotes attributable to Minister Barnett

“The Tasmanian Government welcomes this additional funding and improved healthcare services for the North West and West Coast of Tasmania.

“Particularly the additional four aged care beds that will become available at Lyell House in Queenstown, which will work to alleviate the strain on our healthcare system and give vulnerable members of our community more security and greater options.

“Our Government has strongly advocated for this funding and I am very pleased the Federal Government has come to the party and delivered it, so that our State can benefit.”

Quotes attributable to Senator Urquhart

“We are committed to improving access to quality aged care services for First Nations communities and older people living in rural and remote areas.

“This funding is great news for the people of Braddon. It supports our older people to access aged care services in the community they know and love and be close to their families and cultural connections.”