{"id":2302,"date":"2016-05-27T06:50:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T06:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/2016\/05\/27\/extra-1-3-million-for-home-support-in-gippsland\/"},"modified":"2016-05-27T06:50:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T06:50:41","slug":"extra-1-3-million-for-home-support-in-gippsland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/extra-1-3-million-for-home-support-in-gippsland\/","title":{"rendered":"EXTRA $1.3 MILLION FOR HOME SUPPORT IN GIPPSLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>May 27, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A $1.3 million funding boost will provide extra support for the elderly and young people with a disability in Gippsland to stay in their own homes longer.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the funding would be shared across 20 Home and Community Care (HACC) services across Gippsland.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester said the HACC allocations comprise one-off minor capital works and transition support funding, as well recurrent growth funding:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Gippsland Multicultural Services will receive an extra\u00a0 $97,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Latrobe City Council $163,000 <br \/>\u2022\u00a0Latrobe Community Health Service $279,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Quantum Support Services $28,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Yallambee Traralgon Village for the Aged $20,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Bairnsdale Regional Health $63,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0East Gippsland Shire Council $20,000 <br \/>\u2022\u00a0Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-Operative $34,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Omeo District Health $30,000.<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Mallacoota District Health and Support Service $30,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Orbost Regional Health $41,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-Operative $34,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Gippsland Lakes Community Health $180,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Lakes Tyers Health and Children\u2019s Services Association $20,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Central Gippsland Health Service $140,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation $27,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Uniting Care: $28,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Wellington Shire Council $20,000<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Yarram and District Health Service $66,000<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that older people prefer to stay in their own home for as long as possible,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis funding will provide the support that is needed to continue living at home, and help older Australians and younger people with disability to maintain their independence and connection to the local community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will also provide respite and assistance to family carers who are committed to providing the best care they can for their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester said HACC services provided practical assistance, including domestic and personal care, property maintenance, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and respite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>May 27, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A $1.3 million funding boost will provide extra support for the elderly and young people with a disability in Gippsland to stay in their own homes longer.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the funding would be shared across 20 Home and Community Care (HACC) services across Gippsland.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester said the HACC allocations comprise one-off minor capital works and transition support funding, as well recurrent growth funding:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[154,677,678,676],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}