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This booklet explains both the needs assessment process for aged residential care and the financial means assessment for eligibility for the Residential Care Subsidy.

The booklet also provides information about what the older person can expect when they go into an aged care facility, how much they have to pay and where they get more information if they need it.

Publishing information

Publication date
Citation
Ministry of Health. 2012. Long-term Residential Care for Older People: What you need to know (revised 2019). Wellington: Ministry of Health.
ISBN
978-0-478-39341-5 (print), 978-1-98-856850-8 (online)
HP number
5510
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Owned by the Ministry of Health and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

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