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Care minutes and 24/7 registered nurse responsibility resources
This page contains links to information and resources about care minutes and 24/7 registered nurse responsibilities for approved providers of residential aged care services.
Care Minutes Performance Statement guidance
These resources for residential aged care providers and their auditors to understand their responsibilities to prepare, audit and submit a Care Minutes Performance Statement.
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24/7 RN coverage tool
This Excel document aims to help providers identify gaps in their 24/7 RN coverage. It contains instructions on how to calculate gaps in coverage for the reported month.
Care time reporting assessments – model pack
This Excel document aims to help guide aged care providers when submitting information and documents for a care time reporting assessment. It contains examples of calculations and workings for information and documents commonly requested.
Care minutes and 24/7 registered nurse requirements – guides for registered providers of residential care homes
These guides provide information about the mandatory care minutes and 24/7 registered nurse requirements. Learn more about each requirement, including delivery of care minutes, registered nurse coverage and reporting obligations.
Care minutes targets in residential aged care by service (financial year 2025-26)
This document provides information on service-level care minutes targets in residential aged care for financial year 2025-26.
Provider-level care minutes performance in residential aged care (Financial year 2024–25)
A dataset for provider-level care minutes performance in residential care for Q1 to Q4 2024–25.
Service-level care minutes performance in residential aged care April to June 2025 (2024-25 Financial Year Quarter 4)
This document provides information on service-level care minutes performance in residential aged care.
Care minutes in residential aged care dashboard
This dashboard provides users with high level information on care minutes in residential aged care.
Changes coming to care minutes funding
This fact sheet provides information for providers of non-specialised homes in metropolitan areas on upcoming changes to care minutes funding.
Care minutes in aged care homes
This fact sheet helps older people, their families and carers understand the care minutes requirement for residential aged care.
Alternative skills mix use in specialised homeless residential aged care services – Evaluation report
This evaluation report presents the findings into the service model and staffing skills mix of specialised homeless aged care homes. The report gives recommendations about models of care, skills mix and care minutes, monitoring and reporting.
Care minutes target calculator
Registered providers must calculate and deliver care minutes targets for their approved residential care homes. This tool can help providers perform this calculation.
Care minutes funding estimator
This estimator will help non-specialised homes in metropolitan areas estimate how much care minutes supplement they could receive from April 2026 based on care minutes performance.
Provider-level care minutes performance in residential aged care (Financial year 2023–24)
A dataset for provider-level care minutes performance in residential care for Q2 to Q4 2023–24.
Service-level care minutes performance in residential aged care (Financial year 2023–24)
A dataset for service-level care minutes performance in residential care for Q2 to Q4 2023–24.
Care minutes targets in residential aged care by service (financial year 2024-25)
This document provides information on service-level care minutes targets in residential aged care for financial year 2024-25.
Quarterly Financial Report – Residential Care Labour Costs and Hours reporting – Frequently asked questions
Quarterly Financial Report frequently asked questions for residential aged care providers to use as a guide when collating their labour costs and hours financial information.
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Introduction to the Care Minutes Performance Statement – video
This video explains the new audit requirements and how residential aged care providers can prepare.
Care Minutes Performance Statement – guidance for providers
This resource outlines reporting requirements for residential aged care providers, including engaging an external auditor to review the new Care Minutes Performance Statement.
Audit requirements for Care Minutes Performance Statement – interim guidance for auditors
The resource includes information to support auditors in performing assurance engagements over the Care Minutes Performance Statement. Updated guidance will be issued after the rules for the Aged Care Act 2024 are finalised.
Care Minutes Performance Statement – audit report templates
We have prepared audit report templates for auditors to apply in auditing Care Minutes Performance Statements for residential aged care providers. This includes an unmodified report, qualified opinion, adverse opinion and disclaimed opinion.
Care Minutes Performance Statement – template
Residential aged care providers can use this template to prepare their Care Minutes Performance Statement. This will need to be externally audited before submitting it within the 2025–26 Aged Care Financial Report.
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Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) Residential Care Labour Costs & Hours Reporting Guidance – video
This video focuses on assisting residential aged care providers to accurately report relevant labour costs and hours in the QFR.
Residential aged care financial reporting and care minutes funding update – Questions and answers for 1 May 2025 webinar
Questions and answers from the residential aged care funding reform update webinar held on 1 May 2025.
Residential aged care financial reporting and care minutes funding update – Webinar slides
Slides for the residential aged care financial reporting and care minutes funding update webinar.
Care time reporting assessments – Information for providers
This fact sheets aims to support residential aged care providers and their understanding when it comes to a care time reporting assessments. It contains useful information, resources and contacts.
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