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
COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities – 4 October 2024
This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally. The report includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, testing and PPE provided to affected services.
Star Ratings campaign postcard
Download and display this postcard about how Star Ratings helps compare quality of care, safety and services across aged care homes.
Star Ratings campaign poster
Download and display this poster about how Star Ratings helps compare quality of care, safety and services across aged care homes.
Star Ratings fact sheet for the friends, family and carers of older people
Download this fact sheet to help friends, family and carers of older people to use Star Ratings.
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How to use Star Ratings – animated video
Watch this step-by-step video on how to use Star Ratings to research and compare aged care homes in your area.
Financial and tax practices of for-profit aged care providers
This document presents the Australian Government response to the Senate Economics References Committee report – Financial and tax practices of for-profit aged care providers.
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Experiencing the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program
In this video, you will hear from nursing students participating in the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program talk about their reflections and experiences of clinical placements in the aged care sector.
New Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control Guide webinar – Presentation slides
These are the presentation slides for the New Aged Care Infection Prevention and Control Guide webinar held on 3 October 2024.
2021 and 2022 Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) wellness and reablement report outcomes
Read the findings of the 2021 and 2022 Wellness and Reablement Reports, which look at CHSP providers’ progress towards embedding wellness and reablement approaches. This helps us to gain a more in-depth understanding of how wellness and reablement is delivered in practice.
Residents’ Experience Survey – participant privacy notice
This privacy notice explains who collects information and what happens to it as part of the Residents' Experience Survey.
Consumer Experience Interview questions – 2022
This publication is the list of questions each participating resident was asked during 2022 Consumer Experience Interviews.
2023 Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) wellness and reablement report outcomes
Read the findings of the 2023 Wellness and Reablement Report, which looks at CHSP providers’ progress towards embedding wellness and reablement approaches. This helps us to gain a more in-depth understanding of how wellness and reablement is delivered in practice.
Service-level care minutes performance in residential aged care (from October to December 2024)
This document provides information on service-level care minutes performance in residential aged care.
Provider-level care minutes performance (from October 2023)
A dataset for provider-level care minutes performance in residential care for Q1 to Q4 2023–24.
Sharing My Aged Care support plans to My Health Record – Frequently asked questions for older people
Aged care assessors can print this document and give it to older people during assessments. It provides information for older people about My Aged Care support plans, My Health Record, sharing support plans with My Health Record, key contacts and useful links.
Sharing My Aged Care support plans to My Health Record – Fact sheet for older people
Aged care assessors should print this fact sheet and give it to older people during aged care assessments. It provides information for older people about sharing My Aged Care support plans with My Health record.
Home Care Packages Program – Additional guidance for care recipients
This fact sheet supports care recipients to understand their monthly statement and the responsible use of Home Care Package funds. It accompanies the Care Recipient Guidance – Understanding your Home Care Package statement.
Residential aged care funding reform update – Presentation slides
These are the presentation slides for the Residential aged care funding reform update webinar held on September 18 2024.
COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities – 27 September 2024
This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally. The report includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, testing and PPE provided to affected services.
Statement of Expectations to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 2024–25
The Statement of Expectations sets out the role for the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission in preparing the sector for the new Aged Care Act.
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Support at Home program questions and answers session – Older people, families and carers – Webinar recording
This targeted questions and answers session provided an opportunity to ask questions about the Support at Home program and transition.
New Aged Care Act Rules consultation – Release 1 – Service list
The Stage 1 release for the consultation on the New Aged Care Act Rules contains the service list. The service list outlines the care and services that will be available to older people under the new laws.
Support at Home service list
This document outlines the services that participants can access under the Support at Home program.
Aged Care Worker Award Wage Increase – Stage 3 – Questions and answers
This document provides answers to questions about the Fair Work Commission’s Stage 3 decision on the Aged Care Work Value Case which will deliver further increases to award wages for many aged care workers from 1 January 2025.
Becoming an Aged Care Volunteer Visitor – journey map
This poster shows the journey people generally follow from the first step of registering interest to becoming an aged care volunteer visitor.
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