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This definition applies to all payments.
Hostels have a generic meaning which encompasses establishments which provide group accommodation with some communal facilities.
Example: Youth hostels, crisis accommodation for homeless people.
Aged care homes that provide low level residential care are also often referred to as hostels. Low level care generally includes accommodation and personal care, such as help with dressing and showering, together with occasional nursing care.
These differ from aged care homes providing high level residential care, often referred to as nursing homes (1.1.N.140).
For the purposes of the SSAct, a person receiving low (hostel) level care in an Australian Government funded aged care home, approved under the Aged Care Act 1997, is defined as being in residential care (1.1.C.25). This means that the care situation provisions may be applied to low level care residents.
Policy reference: SS Guide 4.6.3.70 Exempting the Principal Home - Care Situations
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Last reviewed: 3 May 2010
