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What does the Australian Government pay?
Aged care is expensive to provide. Aged care homes are subsidised to make care fees affordable for everyone. The Australian Government spends more than $7.1 billion annually to support the care for older Australians living in aged care homes. The rate of government subsidy that homes receive is based on the aged care provider’s appraisal of each resident’s care needs.
There are more than 2900 publicly-funded aged care homes and more than 200 000 operational aged care places (including those in aged care homes, the community (more information) and flexible care (more information)).
The Aged Care Funding Instrument
Approved aged care homes are subsidised. The rate of government subsidy that homes receive is based on the aged care provider’s appraisal of each resident’s care needs. The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) replaced the Resident Classification Scale (RCS) as the mechanism to allocate this Government subsidy from 20 March 2008.Read more: Classifying your resident status
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