How are prepared meals paid for with a home care package?
November 3rd, 2023 
The delivery and preparation of prepared meals can be paid by a home care package. Home care packages cannot pay for the food component, or any part of take away food. Industry standards have the food cost at approximately 30%, meaning 70% of prepared meals can be paid by the home care package.
This is then paid to the provider of the prepared meals when:
• the provider take a credit card for the 30% from the individual care recipient and invoices Capital Guardians the 70% directly. The larger meal companies do this, ie Tender Loving Cuisine, Meals in a Moment, Lite n Easy; or
• the provider invoices 100% and Capital Guardians take a fortnightly contribution of the estimate of 30% of the cost by direct debit from the care recipient; or
• the care recipient claims 70% reimbursement, using the Capital Guardians app to login and take a photo of the receipt and 70% calculated and marked as the reimbursement amount.
