NATSIFAC Transition Funding for Aged Care Service Delivery in Aurukun, Queensland

Overview

The purpose of the grant opportunity is to support continuity of culturally safe aged care services through a considered and orderly transition period in Aurukun, Queensland (QLD). It contributes to PBS Outcome 3 – Ageing and Aged Care through Program 3.3 – Aged Care Quality, which authorises expenditure under the Dementia and Aged Care Services (DACS) Fund for special measures targeted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:  provide transition funding to Selectability Ltd to establish organisational processes and ensure adequate staffing and governance, ensuring culturally safe aged care services are delivered without interruption to older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in and around Aurukun, QLD, and undertake maintenance to existing buildings, purchase necessary equipment and enter into a minimum 2-year leasing arrangement with Aurukun Shire Council for 5 one-bedroom staff accommodation units. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to: ensure Selectability Ltd can deliver essential, culturally safe aged care services to older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Aurukun without interruption; and ensure continued access and delivery of high quality, culturally safe aged care to vulnerable older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.