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4 June 2025 - We pay a subsidy on behalf of each care recipient assigned a Home Care Package. Approved providers submit a claim to Services Australia after they have delivered services each month. Find out how we calculate the subsidy and how to claim.

4 June 2025 - As a CHSP service provider, you must meet certain responsibilities when managing services. These include following care plans, regularly reviewing clients, updating information in My Aged Care, submitting reports to us, and having emergency plans in place.

6 June 2025 - Residential aged care is for senior Australians who can no longer live independently at home. The Australian Government funds residential aged care to make it more affordable and accessible.

27 June 2025 - From 1 November 2025, Support at Home will replace the Home Care Packages (HCP) Program and the Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme. This self-paced training will help aged care providers understand and prepare for the Support at Home program.

6 June 2025 - The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) provides free emergency aeromedical evacuations and healthcare services for people living in rural and remote communities. This is often where no other health services are available. We have funded the RFDS since the 1930s.

7 March 2025 - The National CD Plan outlines how agencies across Australian, state, territory and local governments will work together to protect Australia from the threat of a major communicable disease incident.

13 June 2025 - 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.

30 May 2025 - We are raising the quality of aged care in Australia by building a skilled, valued and supported workforce. Strengthening the aged care workforce is essential to providing older people with the high-quality care they deserve. We all have a role to play – let’s change aged care together.

4 June 2025 - As an approved provider, you can ask care recipients who started in the Home Care Packages Program from 1 July 2014 to pay certain fees to contribute to the cost of their care. Find out what fees apply, how much you can charge and what you need to do.

4 June 2025 - The fees for Home Care Packages changed on 1 July 2014. These changes do not apply to people who entered into a Home Care Agreement before this date. Find out what fees you can charge for care recipients who entered before July 2014, and what happens if they change provider.