Guide to Aged Care Law

Aged care service list

The aged care service list is set out in the Rules and includes all the services funded by the Australian Government.

The aged care service list is the full list of services that can be funded by the Australian Government. The Rules set out the service list, which means the list may be updated in the future. At the time of publication of this Guide, the Rules have not been formally made by the minister and are subject to change.

The list shows the service group, service type and specific service as of 31 August 2025.

Home or community settings

Service groupService typeServices
Home or community setting
Home supportAllied health and therapy
  • Allied health assistance
  • Podiatry
  • Social work
  • Speech pathology
  • Diet or nutrition
  • Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner assistance
  • Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker assistance
  • Physiotherapy
  • Psychology
  • Exercise physiology
  • Occupational therapy
  • Counselling or psychotherapy
  • Music therapy
 Assistance with transition care (hospital transition only)
  • Transition care management
  • Transition care therapy services
  • Assistance to access medical practitioner
  • Transition care medication management
  • Transition care emergency or after hours assistance
  • Continence management
  • Waste disposal
 Care management
  • Home support care management
 Community cottage respite
  • Cottage respite
 Domestic assistance
  • General house cleaning
  • Laundry services
  • Shopping assistance
 Hoarding and squalor assistance
  • Hoarding and squalor supports
 Home maintenance and repairs
  • Gardening
  • Assistance with home maintenance and repairs
  • Expenses for home maintenance and repairs
 Home or community general respite
  • Flexible respite
  • Community and centre‑based respite
 Meals
  • Meal delivery
  • Meal preparation
 Nursing care
  • Registered nurse clinical care
  • Enrolled nurse clinical care
  • Nursing assistant clinical care
  • Nursing care consumables
 Nutrition
  • Nutrition supports
 Personal care
  • Assistance with self-care and activities of daily living
  • Assistance with self-administration of medications
  • Continence management (non-clinical)
 Restorative care management
  • Home support restorative care management
 Social support and community engagement
  • Group social support
  • Individual social support
  • Accompanied activities
  • Cultural support
  • Digital education and support
  • Assistance to maintain personal affairs
  • Expenses to maintain personal affairs
 Therapeutic services for independent living
  • Acupuncture
  • Chiropractics
  • Diversional therapy
  • Remedial massage
  • Art therapy
  • Osteopathy
 

Transport

 

  • Direct transport (driver and car provided)
  • Indirect transport (taxi or rideshare service vouchers)
Assistive technologyEquipment and products
  • Managing bodily functions items
  • Self-care items
  • Mobility items
  • Domestic life items
  • Communication and information management items
  • Assistive technology prescription and clinical support
Home modificationHome adjustments
  • Home modification items
  • Home modifications prescriptions and clinical support

Approved residential care homes

Service GroupService TypeServices
Approved residential care home 
Residential careResidential accommodation
  • Accommodation
  • Accommodation administration
 Residential everyday living
  • Operational administration and emergency assistance
  • Communication services
  • Utilities
  • Cleaning services and waste disposal
  • Communal furnishings
  • Bedroom and bathroom furnishings
  • Toiletry goods
  • Personal laundry
  • Meals and refreshments
 Residential non-clinical care 
  • Care and services administration
  • Personal care assistance
  • Communication
  • Emotional support
  • Mobility and movement needs
  • Continence management
  • Recreational and social activities
 Residential clinical care
  • Care and services plan oversight
  • Allied health, rehabilitation and therapeutic exercise therapy programs
  • Medication management
  • Nursing
  • Dementia and cognition management
  • General access to medical and allied services

Disclaimer 

This publication is not legal advice and must not to be used or relied upon as a substitute for legal advice. Users must seek their own independent legal advice in relation to their particular circumstances. 

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