Aged Care Act
The Aged Care Act 2024 is the main law that sets out the rules for Australian Government-funded aged care including:
- the rights of older people
- who can access aged care services
- government funding of services and what an older person can be asked to pay
- aged care programs
- what quality safe aged care services look like
- regulation and the powers of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.
Each year, we must report on the operation of the Aged Care Act 2024 to the Australian Parliament.
Read the latest report – 2022-23 Report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997 – on the GEN Aged Care Data website.
Aged Care Rules
The Aged Care Rules 2025 provide detail and instructions on how the Act works, including:
- entry to the aged care system
- provider registration
- conditions on provider registration
- registered provider, responsible person and aged care worker obligations
- obligations of operators or aged care digital platforms
- funding of aged care services, including government contributions, older person’s fees and contributions, accommodation payments and contributions, means testing
- governance
- regulatory mechanisms
- information management.
Other laws
Aged Care Diversity Framework
The Aged Care Diversity Framework aims to make sure our aged care services are respectful and inclusive. All people have a right to quality care, no matter their social, cultural, language, religious, spiritual, psychological, medical or care needs.
View the laws that support the Aged Care Diversity Framework.
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