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31 October 2025 - We have delivered several reforms to increase transparency and quality in aged care. This includes the new Aged Care Act, a new Code of Conduct for workers, a Star Ratings system, a mandatory minimum of care minutes per resident per day, a 24/7 nursing requirement and new quality indicators.

3 March 2026 - These resources can help technology enablers involved in IT system changes understand what has changed and how to put is changing under the new Aged Care Act into practice.

23 December 2025 - Residential aged care providers have a range of reporting requirements under the Aged Care Act 2024. This includes reporting finances, care time, quality indicators, serious incidents and refundable deposit balances.

2 December 2024 - The HTA Review examined Australia’s approach to HTA to determine what works well and what needs to improve to meet future challenges. The aim was to ensure Australians can continue to access effective, safe and affordable health technologies in an equitable and timely way.

20 August 2025 - Education and support are available to aged care providers and their staff to help them build their skills and ability to supply nutritious, appetising food and positive dining experiences to aged care recipients.

11 December 2025 - Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) Class 1 provides funding to registered providers for people who enter residential aged care for the purpose of receiving planned palliative care.

31 May 2024 - Read the latest departmental media from Health.

22 December 2025 - This section outlines what’s required in managing an approved residential care home. This includes managing fees, temporary leave, accommodation costs and respite care. It also has information about how to prepare documentation, review care needs, exiting residents and meet reporting requirements.

28 January 2026 - We provide access to funding for community pharmacies and residential aged care homes to employ on-site pharmacists to work in residential aged care homes.

25 March 2025 - A collection is a group of related resources on a particular health topic, condition or disease. Browse or search our list of collections.