Largest Allocation of Capital Grants for Aged Care in 2008-2009 ACAR: Creating New Aged Care Services
Source: Australia. Minister for Ageing. Media Release
"The Australian Government will provide up to $44.562 million in capital grants to create residential aged care services within the 2008-2009 Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR).This is the largest single capital grant allocation by an Australian Government within the approvals round process – since the Aged Care Act came into effect in 1997.And more than two-thirds of the grants are going to aged care services outside the major capital cities."