Qualifications

To qualify for Residential Care Subsidy, a client must be eligible for publicly funded health and disability services and be aged:

• 65 years or over or
• between 50 and 64, single with no dependent children

and they must:

• have been needs assessed as requiring long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home indefinitely and
• be financially eligible as determined by a financial means assessment

Note eligibility to publicly funded health and disability services is determined by the Needs Assessor on behalf of Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora.