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20 October 2025 - Residents who entered care before 1 July 2014 may be required to pay an accommodation bond or charge.

11 July 2025 - If you plan to provide residential aged care, you need to obtain an allocation of places to get government subsidies and supplements.

31 August 2025 - Find out about vaccinations for adolescents years to protect them against serious diseases.

31 October 2025 - Older people receiving Support at Home or residential care can apply for financial hardship assistance. If approved, we will pay a supplement for some or all of their aged care contributions, fees and charges. This supplement is paid to a provider on the person’s behalf.

29 October 2024 - Not everyone benefits from a hearing device. But if you need one, your provider will help you find one that meets your needs and goals. The Hearing Services Program fully subsidises some hearing devices so there is no cost to you, and partially subsidises others, with you paying the gap.

31 October 2025 - An individualised budget sets out the funds available to a participant and how you will spend the funds to provide services. Find out how to prepare an individualised budget and when you need to review it.

13 August 2025 - A resident can choose to move rooms. There are also times when you can ask a resident to move rooms. You need to discuss this with the resident and update their agreement, and fees if required.

1 July 2025 - We support access to high quality diagnostic imaging services through Medicare. Learn about how we provide subsidies and ensure diagnostic imaging equipment is up to date.

13 August 2025 - You can apply to transfer allocated places between providers. Adjacent aged care homes can also combine services to save administration work and costs.

27 October 2025 - The Act includes certain specialist aged care programs, which may be funded either by grants or by special subsidies.