Aged care subsidies and supplements

Subsidies

The Australian Government pays registered aged care providers a subsidy on behalf of each person accessing:

Find out about the:

• Support at Home
• residential aged care
• residential respite care
• Transition Care Program
• Multi-Purpose Services Program.

Subsidies is one of the main ways the government funds aged care

Supplements

Supplements help to cover the cost of meeting specific care needs. The government includes supplement amounts in subsidy or grant payments.

Find out more about:

• Support at Home supplements
• residential aged care supplements
• residential respite supplements

Following is a list of all aged care supplements. Find out about the aged care types they apply to, eligibility and whether you need to apply.

• 2012 basic daily fee supplement
• Accommodation charge top-up supplement
• Accommodation supplement
• Care management supplement
• Concessional resident supplement
• Enteral feeding supplement
• Fee reduction supplements
• Higher accommodation supplement
• Hotelling supplement
• Outbreak Management Support supplement
• Oxygen supplement
• Pensioner supplement
• Remote supplement
• Transitional accommodation supplement
• Veterans' supplement
• Viability supplement
• 24/7 registered nurse supplement

Subsidy and supplement rates