LiveBetter says one in 12 people waiting for aged care will receive package

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced more than $496 million for the packages, which enable support to be provided to elderly people in their homes, on Monday.

They came following the release of interim findings from the Royal Commission into Aged Care.

However, LiveBetter chief executive officer Natalie Forsyth-Stock said there were 119,000 people on the waiting list nationally.

In the Central West alone, she said the announcement equated to about 80 packages, or between eight and 10 for LiveBetter clients based on the provider's market share.

"It's not really enough unfortunately," she said.

"If you look at the number of people on the waiting list in the Central West, only one in 12 will get a new package."

However, she said it was likely many of the packages would be tailored to higher care.

"The higher-care packages are good because they keep people out of residential aged care," she said.

She also welcomed Mr Morrison's announcement of $4.7 million to help meet targets to remove younger people with disabilities from residential aged care.

"The money isn't really the issue, it's understanding there's a problem," she said.

Mrs Forsyth-Stock said LiveBetter homes currently had 19 vacancies across 48 supported independent living locations, which had become more difficult to fill since the National Disability Insurance Scheme came into effect.

"There used to be vacancy management, but now it's under the premise of the NDIS, it's about choice and control," she said.

But she said as Sydneysiders took up regular accommodation in Orange, there was also room for Sydneysiders with a disability and their parents and LiveBetter was promoting the benefits of living within a short drive of loved ones.

Mr Morrison made no announcements on funding flow, an issue Mrs Forsyth-Stock previously raised as a challenge due to the time between providing services and receiving funding from the government.

She said a funding review was expected in February and hoped for a result in May.