My Aged Care has resources that the aged care sector can order to share with their clients. This includes brochures, booklets and checklists. These resources are also available in up to 22 other languages.
Resources
What is palliative care brochure
This brochure explains palliative care for older Australians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It covers culturally safe care, available services, and how to access support at home, in hospital or in aged care.
What is aged care fact sheet
This fact sheet outlines aged care options for older Australians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It covers help at home, respite, restorative and end-of-life care, and how to access culturally safe services.
What is palliative care? fact sheet
This fact sheet explains palliative care for people with life-limiting illness, including culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It outlines available services and how to access support through My Aged Care and Aboriginal Medical Services.
Getting ready for aged care fact sheet
This fact sheet helps older Australians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, plan ahead for aged care. It covers how to explore services, talk with family, book assessments, make legal arrangements, and get financial advice, before care is urgently needed.
Aged care assessments and kinship care fact sheet
This fact sheet explains how older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kinship carers can access aged care services without affecting their caring roles. It includes legal, advocacy and support contacts to help carers make informed decisions while continuing to care for family.
Aged care assessments and kinship care brochure
This brochure explains how older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kinship carers can access aged care services without affecting their caring roles. It includes legal, advocacy and support contacts to help carers make informed decisions.
What is aged care brochure
This brochure outlines aged care options for older Australians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It covers help at home, respite, restorative and end-of-life care, and how to access culturally safe services.
Getting ready for aged care brochure
This brochure helps older Australians, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, prepare for aged care. It covers when to start planning, how to access services, talk with family, and make legal and financial arrangements.
Your rights and aged care fact sheet
From 1 November 2025, the new Aged Care Act includes a Statement of Rights to ensure older people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, receive respectful, culturally safe care. It supports independence, choice, and connection to community and Country.
Fees and charges under the MPSP – Consumer fact sheet
If you are an older person accessing aged care services under the Multi-Purpose Service Program (MPSP), you may be asked to contribute to the costs and pay some fees.
Home Care Package – Published pricing schedule – 30 June 2025
To further improve the transparency of Home Care Package pricing for senior Australians, their families and carers, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing publishes national median prices for common home care services, care management and package management. This data is updated quarterly.
Accessing the Multi-Purpose Service Program (MPSP) – Consumer fact sheet
If you are an older person accessing aged care services under the Multi-Purpose Service Program (MPSP), you may be asked to contribute to the costs and pay some fees.
Leaving the Multi-Purpose Service Program (MPSP) – Consumer fact sheet
If you decide to leave the Multi-Purpose Service Program (MPSP) and access other aged care services, you might need to wait for services to become available and could pay higher fees.
National summary of Home Care Package prices – 30 June 2025
To further improve the transparency of Home Care Package pricing for senior Australians, their families and carers, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing publishes national median prices for common home care services, care management and package management. This data is updated quarterly.
COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care homes – 8 August 2025
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.
Provider-level care minutes performance in residential aged care (Financial year 2024–25)
A dataset for provider-level care minutes performance in residential care for Q1 to Q4 2024–25.
Provider-level care minutes performance in residential aged care (Financial year 2023–24)
A dataset for provider-level care minutes performance in residential care for Q2 to Q4 2023–24.
Your Guide to the Aged Care Act 2024: Aligning to changes
This face-to-face training package is designed to support facilitators delivering sessions on the changes that impact older people under the new Aged Care Act.
Training checklist – older people, their families and carers
Older people, their families and carers can download this checklist of training opportunities to keep track of their learning on the new Aged Care Act.
Service-level care minutes performance in residential aged care (Financial year 2023–24)
A dataset for service-level care minutes performance in residential care for Q2 to Q4 2023–24.
National Aged Care Advisory Council communique – June 2025
The meeting of the National Aged Care Advisory Council was held on the 11 June 2025.
Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards – August 2025
This document provides the final strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards. This reflects the final draft of the new Aged Care Rules released on 31 July 2025. It contains minor changes from February 2025 following the public consultation on the Aged Care Rules and the legislative drafting process.
Volunteer Training Survey Poster
Do you want to help shape volunteer training in Aged Care? Have your say on proposed Mandatory Training Manual for volunteers in aged care.
Stakeholder toolkit to support communications with older people
This toolkit provides information and materials to help peak bodies, advocacy organisations and community groups inform older people, their families and carers about the new Aged Care Act (the new Act).
Care minutes targets in residential aged care by service (financial year 2024-25)
This document provides information on service-level care minutes targets in residential aged care for financial year 2024-25.
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