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Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

LTR contracted care

11: Key terms used in definition of LTR contracted care

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When you read about LTR contracted care, you will see some key terms used. You need to know what these terms mean to understand LTR contracted care. A contracted care provider is someone who gives care services and has an agreement with a funder or gets paid under a section 88 notice.

Contracted care services are the things a contracted care provider does to help someone with their long-term residential care needs. Long-term residential care, or LTR care, is care given to people in a hospital or rest home because of their age. You might see the term qualifying person, which refers to someone described in section 12.

A special case person can be someone who is single and over 50, as described in section 21, or someone who is exempt, as described in section 23. It can also be an elderly person who has been a victim of crime, as described in section 25. These terms are important to understand what LTR contracted care is and who it helps.

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Part 2LTR contracted care

11Key terms used in definition of LTR contracted care

  1. The following key terms are used in the definition of LTR contracted care (and are also used elsewhere in this Act):

    contracted care provider means a provider of contracted care services that—

    1. has a service agreement with a funder; or
      1. accepts payment under a section 88 notice

        contracted care services means the services provided by a contracted care provider to a qualifying person or a special case person that are necessary to meet that person’s assessed long-term residential care needs

          long-term residential care or LTR care means age-related long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home

            qualifying person means a person described in section 12

              special case person means one of the following:

              1. a 50+ single person (see section 21):
                1. an exempt person (see section 23):
                  1. an elderly victim of crime (see section 25).