Fees and Charges
Aged Care Fees and Charges
Residents are asked to pay fees and charges when they enter residential aged care. The fees and charges are designed to ensure that residents make a fair contribution, based on their means, towards their daily living costs and accommodation, just as they would living elsewhere in the community.
Aged Care Reforms – as at 20 March 2008
This page contains a collection of information and information sheets that provide details in relation to Reforms in Aged Care from 20 March 2008.
Media releases
- Delivering More Aged Care Places For Eastern Melbourne
- $25 Million for accommodation for aged and disadvantaged
- Christmas message – remember to check in on your elderly relatives and neighbours
- 6,500 more aged care places for older Australians
- Boost for Home and Community Care in Western Australia
Program/Initiatives
- Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care
- Getting assistance from an SDAP Panel Member
- Service Development Assistance Panel Program Glossary
- Service Development Assistance Panel - FAQ
- Aged Care Education and Training Incentive Program
Publications
- Interim Evaluation of the Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Aged Care Workforce Development Projects
- Australian Government response to Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration Report: Residential and Community Aged Care in Australia
- Comprehensive scoping study on the use of assistive technology by frail older people living in the community
- Australian Government Directory of Services for Older People 2011
- The 2008-09 Home and Community Care (HACC) Program Annual Report
