Residential aged care resources

A list of resources – including guides, fact sheets and other publications – for residential aged care providers.

Resources

Residential care fees and means testing – Webinar

This webinar gave aged care providers and older people, families and carers an overview of how residential care fees are changing under the Aged Care Act from 1 July 2025.

Webinar 2: Designing better aged care environments

This webinar was for people working in aged care and design. It provided an introduction to the series and an overview of the National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines. We heard about the impact of care environments on wellbeing and behaviour, as well as resident concerns.

Residential aged care financial reporting and care minutes funding update  – 1 May 2025

This webinar was for residential aged care providers about upcoming changes to care minutes funding and financial reporting. 

Webinar 1: Living well in care – A conversation for older people

This webinar was for older people and their families and carers. It showed views what to look for when choosing an aged care home and how to identify high quality environments that support independence and wellbeing.

Webinar 8: Transforming aged care homes

This webinar is for people working in aged care and design. It explores case studies and learnings on refurbishing existing homes and briefing for new builds. Learn how to plan and implement practical improvements.

Webinar 7: Designing culturally safe aged care

This webinar is for people working in aged care and design. Learn about a new complementary resource to the Principles and Guidelines, culturally safe design, and collaborating with community. Discover how to create culturally safe aged care homes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Webinar 6: Principle 4 – Connect with community

This webinar is for people working in aged care and design. Learn how environments can help older people maintain meaningful connections.

Webinar 5: Principle 3 – Access the outdoors

This webinar is for people working in aged care and design. Learn about the importance of spending time outdoors for older people living in aged care.

Webinar 4: Principle 2 – Cultivate a home 

This was a webinar for people working in aged care and design. Attendees learned about designing ‘households’ and spaces that feel homely and support privacy, control, and belonging.

Webinar 3: Principle 1 – Enable the person

This webinar is for people working in aged care and design. Learn about enabling environments and how to assess an environment.
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