Aged Care Services

Follow the links below to find information on aged care services, including links to additional topic pages covering home and community care, hostels, nursing homes, retirement villages and respite care, licensing and accreditation.

The Aged Care Australia website aims to simplify and speed up the process of searching for aged care services across Australia and help people make informed decisions about aged care options for themselves and their family members. The Aged Care Information Line is available on 1800 500 853. 

Reviewed January 2012

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Aged Care Assessment Teams

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Links to information on aged care assessment teams.

Aged Care Licensing and Accreditation

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Links to information on the licensing and accreditation of aged care facilities and services.

Aged Care Nursing

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Links to information relating to aged care nursing.

Aged Care Rights

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Links to information about your rights as an aged care consumer, how to make a complaint about a service, and reports on complaints about specific services.

Home and Community Care for Older People

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Links to information on home and community care for older people, including community nursing and meals services.

Residential Care for Older People

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Links to information on residential care facilities for older people, including hostels and retirement villages.

Respite Care

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Links to information on respite care services and facilities.

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Title:   Aged Care Act 1997 - principles
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Index page for the Aged Care Act Principles
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Information sheet 9 - Fees and charges for residential aged care - An overview
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information sheet providing detailed information in relation to community and residential care issues for older Australians, young people with disabilities and their carers and the associated costs.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Aged Care
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   Medicare Australia administers more than $6 billion worth of Aged Care payments annually to approved providers across a range of residential, community, and flexible Aged Care programs.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   From hospital to home - Improving care outcomes for older people, a National Action Plan for improving the care of older people across the acute-aged care continuum 2004 - 2008
Publisher:   Commonwealth Government Department of Health and Ageing,
Description:   In 2004 the Care of Older Australians Working Group (COAWG), predecessor to the HCOASC, developed a National Action Plan for improving the care of older people across the acute-aged care continuum 2004 - 2008, titled "From Hospital to home - Improving care outcomes for older people".
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Working in aged care - programs
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Australian Government programs supporting individuals in the Aged Care Workforce
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Comparing an SLK-based and a name-based data linkage strategy: an investigation into the PIAC linkage
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   In 2005, the Institute was funded to create a linked aged care database to enable analysis of pathways through aged care services. The linkage strategy for the project involved using a Statistical Linkage Key (SLK) because of the lack of either a name or a common person identifier on the data sets being linked.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Pathways in Aged Care: program use after assessment
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Description:   Analysis of care pathways provides information that is useful to both policy planners and service providers alike. The Pathways in Aged Care (PIAC) cohort study linked aged care assessment data for a cohort of 105,100 people to data sets showing use of five main aged care programs and deaths over 4 years.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Aged Care Act 1997
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Index page for the Aged Care Act and related legislation
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   2009-10 Report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report details the operation of Australia' s aged care system during the 2009-10 financial year and was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, 24 November 2010.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Aged Care Assessment Team Reassessment Requirements
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This document explains the circumstances when a reassessment by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) is, and is not necessary.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Community Partners Program (CPP)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Community Partners Program (CPP) aims to promote and facilitate increased and sustained access to aged care information and services by culturally and linguistically diverse communities with significant aged care needs.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Multi-purpose Services
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Background information on the development of the Multi-purpose Service (MPS) program, together with its objectives and benefits.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Towards national indicators of safety and quality in health care
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report sets out recommendations for a set of 55 national indicators of safety and quality in health care.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Estimating the impact of selected National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) reforms on health care expenditure, 2003 to 2033
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   To give an indication of the medium- to long-term effects of certain proposed National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) reforms on growth in health expenditures, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare developed estimates of the expenditure effects of selected reform proposals.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Guide to changes to the regulatory framework for aged care - Addendum June 2009
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This Guide has been prepared to assist approved providers to understand the changes to the regulatory framework for aged care detailed in the Aged Care Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Act 2008. The Addendum (June 2009) contains new information on the legislative changes relevant to Aged Care Assessment Teams.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Frequently Asked Questions - The Aged Care Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Act 2008 (Updated June 2009)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   These questions and answers have been prepared to assist with the changes to the regulatory framework for aged care detailed in the Aged Care Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Act 2008.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Awards
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Links to various Ageing awards
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Working in aged care
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Programs, related information, reports and reviews supporting individuals in the Aged Care Workforce.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Ageing
Publisher:   HealthInsite Life Events Page
Description:   Links to information on maintaining your health as you age and enter retirement.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Ageing and Aged Care Guidelines
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to guidelines on ageing and aged care issues.
Date:   Oct 2008

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