Home Care Packages Program resources

This fact sheet is to help Home Care Package (HCP) care recipients to understand the impact of the increase in award wages for registered and enrolled nurses, effective from 1 March 2025.

This fact sheet is to assist Home Care Package (HCP) providers to implement the increase in award wages for registered and enrolled nurses, effective from 1 March 2025.

This fact sheet is to assist Home Care Package providers to prepare for the Fair Work Commission Stage 3 award wages increase from 1 January 2025.

This fact sheet is to assist care recipients prepare for the increase to their Home Care Package subsidy from 1 January 2025. This increase will support providers to pass on the aged care worker wage rise.

To further improve the transparency of Home Care Package pricing for senior Australians, their families and carers, the Department of Health publishes national median prices for common home care services, care management and package management. This data is updated quarterly.

To accompany recent updates to the HCP Program operational manual: A guide for Home Care Providers, this frequently asked questions fact sheet will support providers and care recipients to clarify what is included and excluded under the HCP Program.

This manual helps approved providers of Home Care Packages to understand their responsibilities. It provides information about fees and charges, care planning, package inclusions and exclusions, package budgets, reporting and responding to special needs.

A checklist of activities to help aged care service delivery during emergency events. This list is for providers of the Home Care Package program and the Commonwealth Home Support Program.

This schedule applies to people who first entered care on or after 1 July 2014. It also applies to those who entered care before this date and have chosen to be covered by the 1 July 2014 arrangements.

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.

This guide is for providers of aged care and disability services who offer home care and support services to older people living at home and people with disability living in the community. It provides information and guidance on how to stay safe from coronavirus (COVID-19).

Eligibility for the viability supplement is based on the location where your home care recipient receives services. From 1 January 2017, we use the MMM suburb and locality classification.

This final report from Australian Healthcare Associates (AHA) outlines the results of a review into selecting special needs specialisations within the My Aged Care system's Find a Provider tool. It also discusses developing a framework to verify specialisations and research on ways to do this.

The final framework sets out the criteria for specialised care delivery. Aged care providers who deliver specific services that meet diverse needs may apply for specialisation verification.

This form is for home care providers. Use this form if you want to transfer one of your Home Care Package services to another approved provider.