Aged care resources

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally. The report includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, testing and PPE provided to affected services

Guidance and resources for residential aged care providers to plan and prepare for the COVID-19 Winter dose vaccination program

This policy provides guidance on administering vaccines in aged care facilities. It includes information about primary and booster dose vaccination eligibility, managing excess doses, make up doses and alternative access to vaccination.

Information for workers about the booster doses including eligibility, when doses are recommended and the type of vaccine used.

This fact sheet provides COVID-19 winter dose vaccination information for in-home and community aged care recipients.

This dashboard provides users with information on the progress of AN-ACC Shadow assessments.

Information about reporting of COVID-19 aged care workforce vaccinations including how to report, frequency of reporting and reasons for use of reported information.

This document contains questions received from key stakeholders, including residential aged care providers from each state and territory, as part of a series of online sessions held in April and May 2022 and the Department of Health’s responses, respectively.

This table shows workers’ COVID-19 vaccination rates for Commonwealth Home Support Programme providers across Australia.

This table shows workers’ COVID-19 vaccination rates for Home Care Package providers across Australia.

This communique summarises the meeting of the Residential Aged Care (RAC) Funding Reform Working Group held on 4 February 2021.

This communique summarises the meeting of the Residential Aged Care (RAC) Funding Reform Working Group held on 5 November 2020.

This communique summarises the meeting of the Residential Aged Care (RAC) Funding Reform Working Group held on 18 February 2020.

This fact sheet is part of our winter preparedness plan for aged care. As part of the plan we are pre-placing Tamiflu in residential aged care facilities. Tamiflu is a prescription-only oral antivirus medication used to prevent and treat influenza A and B.

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally. The report includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, testing and PPE provided to affected services.

This schedule applies to residential and home care recipients who first entered care before 1 July 2014 and have not chosen to be covered by the 1 July 2014 fee arrangements. It includes basic daily fees, income-tested fees, and rates and charges that apply to residents.

We will undertake consultation in 2022 to inform the design of the Support at Home Program. This calendar lets you know when these activities are happening.

This fact sheet lists initiatives to improve the skills and qualifications of aged care workers.

This fact sheet details our initiatives to grow and support the aged care workforce.

This fact sheet lists our initiatives to support aged care nurses.