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

Updated October 2007

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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.
Complaints about Aged Care
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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 nursing homes, hostels and retirement villages.
Respite Care
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Links to information on respite care services and facilities.
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Title:   Multipurpose Services - Introduction
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Background information on the development of the Multipurpose Service (MPS) program, together with its objectives and benefits.
Date:   Sep 2004
Title:   Aged care advocacy
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A free and confidential service promoting the rights of people receiving aged care services
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   National guiding principles for the referral and assessment of younger people with disability
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   These national guiding principles have been developed between the Commonwealth and the states and territories for the referral of younger people with disability for assessment and coordination of their specialist disability accommodation and support services.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Aged care Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Aged Care Australia website is the Australian Government's premier website about aged care. Aged Care Australia will help you make informed choices about aged care.
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Police checks for aged care workers and volunteers
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Operators of aged care service subsidised by the Australian Government under the Aged Care Act 1997 require certain staff and volunteers to undergo a police check and assessment for suitability to work in aged care.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   From hospital to home - improving care outcomes for older people, 2005-06
Publisher:   Victorian Government Department of Human Services
Description:   The National Action Plan contains a commitment that reports on progress under the plan will be presented to ministers at the end of each financial year and be made publicly available. This is the second annual report.
Date:   Jul 2006
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 support services by culturally and linguistically diverse communities with significant aged care needs.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Ageing and Aged Care Guidelines
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to guidelines on ageing and aged care issues.
Date:   Oct 2008
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:   Oct 2007
Title:   Australia/Japan - A comparison of aged care in Australia and Japan December, 2000
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   The aged care systems in Australia and Japan have developed in different geographic, demographic, economic, historical and cultural settings.
Date:   Dec 2000
Title:   Compulsory reporting
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   From 1 July 2007, all Australian Government-subsidised residential aged care services must report all incidents or allegations of sexual or serious physical assault.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Aged Care Enrolled Nurses Working Party - Final report
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Aged Care Enrolled Nurses Working Party was appointed to examine an enhanced scope of practice for enrolled nurses and the preparation of enrolled nurses for that practice especially for medication administration and the existing barriers to this preparation.
Date:   May 2003
Title:   Two Year Review of Aged Care Reforms - Final Report and Government Response
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Professor Gray's report on the Two Year Review of Aged Care Reforms was released by the Minister for Aged Care, the Hon Bronwyn Bishop, MP, on 16 May 2001, together with the Government's Response to the Review and its recommendations
Date:   Feb 1999
Title:   Fees and charges - 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:   Apr 2008
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:   Aged Care Act 1997 - principles
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Index page for the Aged Care Act Principles
Date:   Nov 2007
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:   May 2007
Title:   A last debt: aged care needs in the veteran community
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   National Ex-service Round Table on Aged Care (NERTAC) report to the Minister, March 1999. The report seeks to develop a situational analysis of aged members of the ex-service community and examine the financial and other management practices of ex-service organisations which provide aged care services to the ex-service community.
Title:   23 April 2008 - Influenza - It's time to vaccinate
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Electronic advice on vaccination against seasonal influenza to all residents and staff who wish to receive it.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Quality of working life for nurses
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Report into the quality of working life issues that result in job satisfaction or dissatisfaction for nurses in the aged care sector. The analysis of this report is drawn from a range of focus group sessions with aged care nurses in Victoria and New South Wales.
Date:   Oct 2002
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