Publications

This user guide assists CHSP providers with their provision of information obligation as part of service provision under the Aged Care Act 2024.

This checklist should be read in conjunction with the CHSP Service Agreement Template and User Guide and Care and Services Plan checklist.

This document provides guidance for CHSP providers on developing Care and Services Plans required under the Aged Care Act 2024 starting from 1 November 2025.

This user guide is intended to assist providers to complete the Service Agreement and how to support their CHSP clients to understand their rights when accessing funded aged care services.

This document provides a template for a Service Agreement under the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), outlining the terms between the service provider and client.

This document provides answers to questions about the newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) open call process to identify conditions for consideration for NBS programs.

Meeting updates from the National Carer Strategy Advisory Committee for 2025.

This factsheet provides information for participants of the Rural Procedural Grants Program in relation to the different models of training and the related rates of financial support which can be claimed under the program.

The Australian Government has developed the National Consumer Engagement Strategy for Health and Wellbeing, which aims to guide and support consumer and community participation in all aspects of health policy-making and decision making, leading to improved policy and health and wellbeing outcomes.

This policy outlines what a conflict of interest is, the types of conflicts of interest prospective or registered supporters may need to consider, and a registered supporter’s duty to declare, and avoid or manage, conflicts under the Act.

This policy outlines the process to make a request to register a supporter under the Act. This policy also includes information that should be considered before or during making a registration application.

The Aged Care Rules 2025 provide further detail and explanation of how the Aged Care Act 2024 will work. This fact sheet provides a summary of changes to the Rules since the release of the Exposure Draft on 31 July 2025.

This fact sheet provides an overview of amending legislation passed by the Australian Parliament in September 2025. The amendments will ensure the effective operation of the Aged Care Act 2024 which starts from 1 November 2025.

This policy outlines the duties of registered supporters under the Act and possible consequences for non-compliance with these duties.

The meeting of the National Aged Care Advisory Council was held on the 17 September 2025.

The CHSP 2025–27 Manual provides an overview of the program, provider responsibilities, funding and program changes from 1 November 2025 under the Aged Care Act 2024.

This infographic shows the number of flu (influenza) vaccinations reported to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) during 2022–2025, since 1 March.

This interim evaluation report 2 covers the period from July 2024 to June 2025. It builds on the interim evaluation report 1.

These guidelines outline how the Rural Procedural Grants Program works, who is eligible, and roles and responsibilities.

The slides of the From research to translation – Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission webinar on 8 August 2025.

This publication provides key information from the 15th meeting of the Allied Health Industry Reference Group, which was open to all allied health professional associations. The publication includes major topics that were covered, points of discussion, and actions that the Department has agreed to.

Prices for allied health and other therapeutic services and nursing services can have a billable unit for direct and indirect activities. This is an update to Support at Home pricing guidance released in March 2025.

The End-of-Life Pathway is a short-term pathway under the Support at Home program. This fact sheet explains how doctors and nurse practitioners can support their patients to seek access to the pathway from 1 November 2025.

This infographic shows the number of flu (influenza) vaccinations reported to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) during 2022–2025, since 1 March.

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.