NFAW Submission on Caring for Older Australians

Background to Individual Budgets

• Longstanding commitment to flexible, person-centred care in policy from 1980s

• Existing development of direct payments, but low take up by older people

• Increasing focus upon personalisation and greater choice in many jurisdictions; 2006 White Paper confirmed

• July 2005 – invitation to English Local Authorities to be Individual Budget pilots - 13 selected

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Date Published:

8 February, 2009

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Older Women and Aged Care

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The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) would like to acknowledge and pay its respects to the Traditional Custodians of Country and recognise their connection throughout time to its lands, seas, skies and waters of which we live, work and benefit from today. NFAW would like to pay respect to the Elders, past and present, and extend that respect to any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people visiting our page.

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