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Another 10 Victorian councils will quit home care from 1 July 2023
Jun 26 2023
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Another 10 Victorian councils will quit home care from 1 July 2023

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10 regional Victorian councils will stop providing home care services from 1 July 2023, claiming the Federal Government’s changes to home care services will make their operations unviable.

The 10 councils to stop providing home care from 1 July 2023 are:

From 1 July 2025, the CHSP, the Home Care Packages Program and Short-Term Restorative Care Programme will merge into the new Government run In-Home Aged Care program.

The new model will mean home care providers have to expand their range of services, which is posing a challenge to Victorian councils.

This year’s closures follow 12 closures last year:

  • Baw Baw
  • Benalla
  • Golden Plains
  • Greater Shepparton
  • Hepburn
  • Latrobe
  • Mansfield
  • Mildura
  • Moorabool
  • Mornington Peninsula
  • Southern Grampians, and
  • Yarra Ranges – to exit the sector last year.

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