Home Care Packages Program resources

This fact sheet is to assist Home Care Package (HCP) providers to implement the increase in award wages for registered and enrolled nurses, effective from 1 March 2025.

This fact sheet is to help Home Care Package (HCP) care recipients to understand the impact of the increase in award wages for registered and enrolled nurses, effective from 1 March 2025.

This fact sheet is to assist care recipients prepare for the increase to their Home Care Package subsidy from 1 January 2025. This increase will support providers to pass on the aged care worker wage rise.

This fact sheet is to assist Home Care Package providers to prepare for the Fair Work Commission Stage 3 award wages increase from 1 January 2025.

To further improve the transparency of Home Care Package pricing for senior Australians, their families and carers, the Department of Health publishes national median prices for common home care services, care management and package management. This data is updated quarterly.

To accompany recent updates to the HCP Program operational manual: A guide for Home Care Providers, this frequently asked questions fact sheet will support providers and care recipients to clarify what is included and excluded under the HCP Program.

This checklist can help home care providers change over to the new Home Care Package pricing arrangements. It includes a list of tasks and links to resources about Home Care Package pricing. The new arrangements started on 1 July 2019.

This scale is part of the Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS). Aged care providers can use this to test cognitive impairment of care recipients. It includes the questions and the scoring method.

PAS helps aged care providers to carry out psychogeriatric assessments for dementia and depression. You do not need extensive training to use it. To do a PAS assessment, you interview the care recipient and someone who knows the recipient well, such as a carer or relative.

This scale is part of the Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS). Aged care providers can use this to test cognitive impairment of care recipients. It includes the questions and the scoring method. It is suitable for people who are non-verbal, have reduced fine motor skills or visually impaired.

A handbook to assist home care package providers and carers in making decisions about the prevention and control of influenza. It forms part of the Influ-Info – Influenza Kit for Home Care.

This final report from Australian Healthcare Associates (AHA) outlines the results of a review into selecting special needs specialisations within the My Aged Care system's Find a Provider tool. It also discusses developing a framework to verify specialisations and research on ways to do this.

The final framework sets out the criteria for specialised care delivery. Aged care providers who deliver specific services that meet diverse needs may apply for specialisation verification.

This form is for home care providers. Use this form if you want to transfer one of your Home Care Package services to another approved provider.