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3 June 2025 - This article summarises public feedback from late 2024 on funding arrangements for the new Support at Home program under the new Aged Care Act.

26 June 2025 - The new Act starts from 1 November 2025 and responds to issues facing older people, aged care providers, workers and the broader sector. It will put the rights of older people at the centre of the aged care system.

6 June 2025 - The Australian Government provides subsidies to approved residential aged care providers through the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) funding model.

27 May 2025 - Aged care provides support for older people to help them with everyday living and other needs. Find out about the services we fund, how to access them, and what you need to do as a service provider to deliver our aged care programs.

18 June 2025 - The new Support at Home program will better support older people to remain independent at home. It will bring together current in-home aged care programs, have new classifications, equitable pricing, an increased focus on early interventions, and higher levels of care for people with complex needs.

4 June 2025 - Care recipients are expected to pay fees to help with the cost of their government-subsidised home care. We changed the way we calculate fees on 1 July 2014. These changes do not apply to care recipients who entered the program before that date.

23 June 2025 - Nursing and midwifery titles are protected under Australian law, which means not everyone can call themselves a nurse or a midwife. Learn what midwives and nurses do, what you need to do to become one and what the different titles mean.

12 June 2025 - The Australian Government has developed a new Aged Care Act to strengthen Australia's aged care system. The new Act aims to ensure that people who access aged care services funded by the Australian Government are treated with respect and have the quality of life they deserve.

4 June 2025 - As an approved provider, you must deliver care management to all care recipients to ensure care and services are safe, high quality and based on your care recipients’ assessed needs, goals and preferences.

6 June 2025 - We are reforming in-home aged care. The new Support at Home program will replace the Home Care Packages Program and Short-Term Restorative Care Programme from 1 November 2025. The Commonwealth Home Support Programme will transition to the new program no earlier than 1 July 2027.