Resource library

Joint letter from the Chief Medical Officer Professor Anthony Lawler and Commissioner Liz Hefren-Webb to Board Chairs, Residential Aged Care Providers on winter preparedness in residential aged care.

This Toolkit is designed for First Nations stakeholders including providers, workers and others involved in providing aged care services for First Nations people. We’ve developed it to make it easy for you to share relevant resources with your networks and members

This brochure introduces the Commission’s online learning platform, Alis. It gives an overview of Alis content, its key benefits and details how providers and their staff can register for Alis.

The storyboards use pictures to explain aged care, your rights and what to do if your rights aren’t being met.

We’ve developed a tailorable poster for you to edit with your own local details, and print and display at community notice boards or waiting areas.

If you’re thinking about accessing aged care services for you or your family, this guide will help you talk to family, friends and community about aged care and your rights. 

The storyboards use pictures to explain aged care, your rights and what to do if your rights aren’t being met.

The introduction of the new Aged Care Act on 1 July 2025 means changes to the regulatory activities the Commission undertakes, requiring new charging arrangements. This Cost Recovery Consultation Paper provides information on we propose to implement cost recovery charging for provider registration, renewal of registration and provider-initiated variations to registration.

The introduction of the new Aged Care Act on 1 July 2025 means changes to the regulatory activities the Commission undertakes, requiring new charging arrangements.

This guide answers frequently asked questions relating to our Cost Recovery Consultation Paper. It should be read alongside the full Consultation Paper.

This visual scenario and supporting user guide has been designed to support aged care workers with information about eating and drinking with acknowledged risk (EDAR). It explains the best practice and practical strategies that providers should use when implementing EDAR in their service.

This calculator informs registered providers of the minimum level of liquid assets they are required to hold calculated based on Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) financial statements.               

The new Financial and Prudential Standards will be introduced with the commencement of the new Aged Care Act. The new Standards set out the minimum requirements for good financial and prudential management of registered aged care providers. Registered providers must comply with the Financial and Prudential Standards that apply to them as a condition of their registration.

The new Financial and Prudential Standards will be introduced with the new Aged Care Act. The new Standards set out the minimum requirements for good financial and prudential management of registered aged care providers.

Financial and Prudential Standards – consultation draft – this is the latest version of the draft legislation which outlines the proposed requirements for providers 

Outbreak management planning is a key part of infection prevention and control. This document supports both the development of a new outbreak management plan (OMP) and the quality assurance of existing plans. It details common OMP sections to get you started as you tailor your OMP to your service.

This resource may refer to information that will be updated from 1 July 2025 to align with the new Aged Care Act and Quality Standards.

Having a comprehensive and organisation-specific outbreak management plan (OMP) helps your organisation to be prepared for the management of infections and outbreaks within your service. A key part of this readiness is ensuring that your OMP is fit-for-purpose and that everyone across the organisation can implement it if required. One way to maintain readiness and support continuous improvement of your OMP is to run regular drills, or stress tests, of your plan.

You need to have governance systems and processes to make sure your aged care workers can work in aged care.

This fact sheet explains a provider’s responsibilities for:

• screening workers
• preventing breaches to banning orders.

This resource may refer to information that will be updated from 1 July 2025 to align with the new Aged Care Act and Quality Standards.

This regulatory bulletin explains how a provider or person working in aged care can show that they are committed to improving through an enforceable undertaking.

This guide is about how to support people living with dementia to maintain good nutrition and enjoy positive dining experiences. 

This resource may refer to information that will be updated from 1 July 2025 to align with the new Aged Care Act and Quality Standards.