Aged care reform roadmap

The Australian Government is restoring dignity to aged care and ensuring older people are treated with the respect they deserve, to secure a strong and valued aged care workforce, design a new regulatory model, and embed new aged care assessment arrangements.

The 2023-24 Budget will address recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

The Government is committed to working with older people, their families and carers, aged care providers and workers to deliver the aged care reforms and ensure implementation meets requirements. 

We are building a skilled aged care workforce to deliver safe, consistent, high quality aged care for older people accessing services.

We are increasing care time for aged care residents, and refining program design to address issues that matter most to people receiving and delivering care.  

We will deliver an in-home aged care system to support older people to live independently at home, now and into the future.

We want to make sure that older people receive the information, care and support they need, when they need it. We are assisting older people to access support through programs such as Care Finders, Trusted Indigenous Facilitators and Aged Care Specialist Officers, through My Aged Care. Funding for aged care services will be delivered in a way that is tailored to individual needs, and provides for short-term support when it’s needed.  

We are improving access to high quality care for First Nations elders and ensuring services are accessible on Country.