Aged care supports you to live the life you choose as you age.
Information and supports are available to help you understand and make your aged care choices and decisions.
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Choose the type of aged care to best suit your needs
There are different aged care programs you can access depending on the care you need. This could be short or long-term help at home, specialised care programs or aged care homes.
Learn about the available support programs and how to access them.
Understand how aged care costs and fees work
There are costs, fees and contributions you may have to pay depending on the care and services you access, the provider you choose and your financial situation.
Learn more about how aged care costs work.
Find and compare aged care providers
You can access the information you need to choose an aged care service that is right for you.
Use the Find a provider tool to see how well providers are performing.
You can see how aged care providers operate and manage finances, including:
- what they spend on care
- how they charge for services.
You can also compare aged care homes. Each home has an Overall Star Rating and there are Star Ratings for:
- Residents' Experience
- Compliance
- Staffing
- Quality Measures.
Get support to make aged care decisions
Register a supporter
If you want or need support to help you make decisions about your aged care, you can choose someone you trust to help you. This person can be your registered supporter.
Your registered supporter can help you uphold your rights and make decisions to help you stay in control of your life.
Learn more about the registered supporter role.
Get help from an advocate
An aged care advocate can give you free, confidential and independent information and support to help you understand, navigate, manage or raise concerns about aged care.
Learn more about seeking support from an advocate.
My choices, my decisions, my aged care – Jim's story
Jim, 96, lives in an aged care home and finds it 'a beautiful place to live'.
Jim loves to work, loves talking with people, and chooses to help at the reception desk at his home.
When aged care puts older people at the centre of their care, supports them to understand their options, make informed choices, and respects their preferences, lives like Jim's are possible.