In a bid to improve aged care services in remote communities, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, Richard Colbeck, and Bass MP, Bridget Archer, welcomed a $610,000 grant to provide for staff accommodation for the Flinders Island Aboriginal Association (FIAAI).
The money is from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Flexible Aged Care (NATSIFAC) Program‘s infrastructure and equipment grants which will see $5.2 million allocated across services to improve the lives of older First Nations people.
FIAAI provides a range of services on Flinders Island including primary health and aged care, housing, youth services and a state-wide “Tackling Smoking Project”.
20 projects, mostly in remote areas of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania, will receive grants.
This funding is in addition to the annual investment of around $68 million for service delivery under the NATSIFAC Program and $105.7 million over 4 years from 2018-2019 to 2021-2022 for its expansion.
