The new Residential Care Search screen allows the approved status of a facility to be checked. This is important because only residents of approved facilities are ineligible for rent assistance from 1 October 1997 and only approved facilities can charge accommodation bonds.
There may however be some residents residing in an approved care facility receiving “accommodation only”. These people will continue to receive rent assistance. More [3]
To search for a particular facility on the screen, enter the name of the facility, the town the facility is in, the postcode, or any combination of these and then click the search button. It is not always necessary to enter the full name of the facility since the search function will bring up any name containing the sequence of letters entered. For example, entering “MAS” would bring up the names of all facilities with the word “MASONIC” in the title.
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/32572%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/32743%23comment-form
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/csrefpopref2-17
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/32724%23comment-form
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/32554%23comment-form
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/32802%23comment-form