General Aged Care Act 2024 information
The Aged Care Act 2024 plain language fact sheet is available in 6 languages, and Easy Read. It gives a summary of each chapter of the new Act.
Read the Sector Change Plan to see what activities are underway to support the sector to transition to the new Act.
Read the ‘What is new or changing’ document to see what is new, what is changing and what is staying the same under the new Act.
Statement of Rights
This Statement of Rights plain language fact sheet is available in 6 languages and Easy Read. It provides a summary of the rights older people have when accessing aged care services.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Single Assessment
The Single Assessment System will simplify and improve aged care assessments:
- watch a presentation recording on the training overview and MAClearning updates, download the presentation slides
- read the Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT) user guide to understand what you must consider and record when conducting home support assessments and comprehensive assessments
- review the process overview diagram to understand the steps to use the Integrated Assessment Tool and get guidance.
Support at Home
The Support at Home program will start from 1 July 2025 read the handbook for the design and arrangements of core components.