❓ Ms. Mettam questions the WA government's grant program for moving elderly patients from hospitals to nursing homes. The government provides data on grants awarded, expenditure, participating providers, and patients discharged.
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I refer to the State Government's plan to give residential nursing homes grants of up to $1825 to take elderly patients fit for medical discharge out of public hospitals and into “respite” care, and I ask: (a) How many grants have been awarded; (b) What is the total value of the grants; (c) How many nursing homes have received grants; and (d) How many elderly people have been moved from public hospitals into private nursing homes under this grant scheme?
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Answered
13 February 2024
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
10 days
Data as of 7 February 2024:
a) 58 claims finalised with a further 113 to be awarded on completion of patient stay/invoicing processes.
b) $127,100 total expenditure to date on finalised claims.
c) 13 aged care providers have signed onto the grant agreement with a combined total of 88 nursing home sites.
d) 171 patients discharged from hospital, saving an estimated 2,952 bed days.
a) 58 claims finalised with a further 113 to be awarded on completion of patient stay/invoicing processes.
b) $127,100 total expenditure to date on finalised claims.
c) 13 aged care providers have signed onto the grant agreement with a combined total of 88 nursing home sites.
d) 171 patients discharged from hospital, saving an estimated 2,952 bed days.
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