The new Aged Care Act 2024 go-to-checklist helps aged care workers answer questions raised by older people, their families and carers. The checklist is designed to help you find reliable information to navigate conversations and questions as they arise.
Supporting Active Ageing: Exercise Right Resources
Exercise Right, a national initiative by Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA), helps Australians stay active and healthy through access to accredited exercise professionals and evidence-based exercise advice.
Together with LiveUp, the campaign provides practical resources to support older people in maintaining strength, improving balance, preventing falls, and managing chronic conditions. Free resources include guided exercise classes, printable workout guides, chair yoga, hand exercises, and a directory of local fitness and social activity groups.
There are also free and discounted Exercise Right events being held across Australia, giving older Australians the opportunity to access expert guidance, ask questions, and stay motivated on their healthy ageing journey.
Visit Exercise Right and LiveUp to explore resources that support confidence, independence, and active ageing. Refer to the links provided below:
Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Aged Care
The Guideline template, (updated in June 2026) supports aged care providers to develop internal Guidelines for the responsible use of generative AI. It is intended for any organisation using AI to assist with tasks such as administration, client communication, or report writing. The document helps staff understand their responsibilities when selecting and using AI tools, offering practical guidance to ensure use is safe, ethical, and aligned with organisational values. It can be adapted to reflect more complex uses of AI and should be used alongside an internal AI Policy to support consistent, informed, and accountable practice across the organisation.
An implementation Guide is also available providing practical, step-by-step resource that helps aged care organisations embed their AI Guidelines into everyday practice. It walks providers through four key stages: tailoring the guidelines to fit their services, workshopping them with staff, formalising them into internal policy, and establishing an approach for ongoing monitoring and review. The guide supports safe, consistent, and values-aligned use of generative AI across aged care settings.
unit prices for services on the Support at Home service list
delineation of unit prices for care management into clinical and non-clinical care management, as well as a separate combined price for team-based care management which is assumed to be the same unit price as home support care management
information about the confidence intervals around the unit prices and distribution of costs observed the labour, non-labour and administration components of the unit prices.
End-of-Life Pathway Second Funding Round
The Australian Government is introducing a second funding round for the Support at Home End-of-Life Pathway from early 2027.
Currently, eligible older people can receive $25,000 for end-of-life care across 12 weeks, which can be used for up to 16 weeks if they still have funds left.
For older people who need end-of-life care beyond this, a second round of consecutive funding will be available.
The second round of funding will provide another $25,000 for at least an additional 12 weeks, supporting continuity of care at a critical stage.
This will start once the necessary legislation and digital systems are ready.
More details will be shared soon. Please refer to the links below for further information in the meantime:
The Department are aware that some Support at Home providers are experiencing issues generating monthly statements due to their own software or the software vendor they use.
Please note that if you can't issue monthly statements, you must:
act promptly to resolve the issue as soon as possible
as a short-term measure, use other ways to give your participants information about how their budget is being spent.
Support at Home participants have the right to:
access any information that would have been in their statement if you cannot issue a statement
raise concerns with their provider or make a complaint to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.
The Commission may take regulatory action if you're not meeting your requirement to issue monthly statements.
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