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Types of services
Aged care services can be delivered in a home, community or residential aged care home setting.
Read about the different types of services and how to deliver them as an aged care service provider.
Provider responsibilities
To become an approved aged care provider, you must:
- get approval to provide services
- register for payments
- get yourself set up on My Aged Care
- understand your responsibilities.
Learn more about becoming an aged care provider and meeting your responsibilities.
My Aged Care for providers
Aged care service providers must use the My Aged Care Service and Support Portal to:
- manage information about service
- manage referrals
- update client records
- generate reports
- ask an assessor to review a client’s support plan.
Learn more about the assessor portal and Service and Support Portal and how to use them.
Quality obligations for providers
All aged care service providers must deliver quality care and services.
Find out what this means for you as a service provider and how we are improving the quality of life for aged care recipients.
Funding for providers
We pay service providers to deliver aged care through:
- subsidies and supplements
- capital grants for aged care services
- program funding.
Learn about how aged care funding works.
Charging fees
We fund approved aged care providers, to help with the cost of meeting specific care needs.
People who receive Australian Government-subsidised aged care also contribute if they can afford to.
Learn about the fees you can charge as a service provider, specific to each program.
Working in aged care
The aged care workforce is one of the fastest growing sectors in Australia. There are many job opportunities and a variety of roles in the sector, including nurses, personal care workers and health practitioners.
Learn about the aged care workforce, options to join the sector and what we are doing to build, train and support aged care workers and providers.
Training and guidance
Learn about the training and guidance available for aged care providers, workers and the sector. This includes:
- initiatives to grow and upskill the workforce
- emergency planning
- working with diverse groups
- managing infectious diseases.
Support for service providers
Find out how we are helping service providers build and develop a supported, valued and productive aged care sector.
Resources
For more information for service providers, see our:
- aged care initiatives and programs
- aged care resources including apps, audio and video and publications
- webinars
- contact list of organisations, websites and services that offer support, counselling, and information about aged care.