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3395 - FUNDING FOR DEMENTIA PREVENTION AND CARE

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Health
  1. How much funding was allocated to dementia prevention and care in New South Wales in the 2015-16 State Budget?
  2. How much funding will be allocated for dementia prevention and care between 2016 and 2017?
    1. How is that funding allocated?
Answer -

(1) The Commonwealth Government has primary policy and funding responsibility for aged care in Australia.

(2) New South Wales works in partnership with the Commonwealth and non-government sector to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia, through the provision of general health services and specialist mental health services for older people.


Question asked on 21 June 2016 (session 56-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 73
Answer received on 25 July 2016 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 76