Ageing at home? New caps mean more to spend on you
With provider admin fees creeping to as much as 60 per cent of a full-service package, rules from January 1 should lead to more funds for cleaning, meals or other services.
Home care providers charging excessive fees to manage the funding meant to pay for goods and services to keep an ageing person at home have been pulled into line.
From January 1, providers of home care packages can no longer charge more than 20 per cent of the package level for care management and no more than 15 per cent of the package level for package management.
