Discussion questions

Three sessions were facilitated with each engagement group as follows:

Session 1: Provider challenges

Providers were asked to outline what residential care pricing and funding issues need to be addressed so that residential care continues to be provided while better managing the costs. Providers were asked to provide their commentary based on six categories.

Session 2: Prioritisation of principles

Providers were asked to rank a series of pricing and funding related principles on a scale of least important to most important.

Session 3: Short-term stability

Providers were asked to consider the key issues identified in Session 1 (provider challenges) and decide which issues were more important to prioritise / address first to provide short-term stability. Votes were made by providers on those themes that should be prioritised.

The overarching key themes from the questions discussed in the engagement sessions have been summarised on the next pages.