Publications

Six written case studies and discussion questions that highlight key issues for each of the capability learning outcomes in the Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework.

This simulation scenario is an education resource that can be used by educators to demonstrate effective communication with people with intellectual disability in a health setting.

This chart shows the structure of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing including our divisions, branches, statutory office holders and high priority taskforces.

Use this form to apply for access to our documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).

This guidance document offers advice for education providers on developing links with disability organisations to facilitate health professional placement opportunities in the disability sector.

A program-specific low-dose CT request form designed to capture all necessary clinical details to support radiologists’ decision-making.

This visual outlines the main parts of the new Aged Care Act and how they work together.

This draft cost recovery implementation statement describes how the Department of Health and Aged Care recovers the costs of administering the Prescribed List from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally in 2025. It includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, vaccine rollout, testing and PPE provided to services.

This table provides COVID-19 vaccination rates of aged care residents by facility across Australia over the past 12 months, using data from the Australian Immunisation Register.

This guide explains the transition of representative relationships in My Aged Care to the new registered supporter role when the Aged Care Act 2024 commences. It explains the role of registered supporters and the option for older people and their representatives to opt out of the transition.

This table provides influenza vaccination rates of aged care residents by facility across Australia using data from the Australian Immunisation Register.

This communique summarises the meeting of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Review Implementation Advisory Group held on 8 May 2025.

This framework is used by Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Review Implementation Advisory Group members to consider the HTA Review's recommendations.

This document provides a written summary of each film case study and includes questions for discussion for each film to allow students to better understand interactions between health professionals and people with intellectual disability and their supporters.

This publication includes data about Community Pharmacy Programs funded under the Eighth Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA).

This publication includes data about Medication Management Review Programs including Home Medicines Review, Residential Medication Management Review and Quality Use of Medicines.

This page contains the link to the PDF version of the Module 1 – Assessment process and service delivery. Users will be able download the PDF resource and access the training offline.

This infographic shows the number of flu (influenza) vaccinations reported to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) during 2021–2025, since 1 March.

This resource answers some frequently asked questions from providers about preparing for the new Support at Home program. Letters and a checklist have been mailed to Home Care Package care recipients.

This resource answers some frequently asked questions from older people about preparing for the new Support at Home program. Letters and a checklist have been mailed to Home Care Package care recipients.

This instrument under the Aged Care Act 1997 shows the number of flexible aged care places available time-limited Transition Care Programme places available for allocation in 2025–26 in each state and the Australian Capital Territory.

This publication contains the presentation slides of the Digital Transformation Tech Talk webinar held on 7 May 2025. During this webinar, we covered the latest updates on digital transformation for the aged care sector.

This modelling provides participation estimates for the first 3 years of program implementation (2025/26–27/28) for individuals who are eligible for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program.

This page contains the link to the PDF version of the Support at Home provider training – Program Overview. Users will be able to download the PDF resource and access the training offline.