What home care changes mean for ageing Australians

The package includes a A$4.3 billion investment in home care, now called “Support at Home”, to come into effect from July 2025. This reflects both the desire of many people to remain living at home as they age, and the government’s desire to reduce the costs of residential aged care.

As the dust settles post announcement, Tracy Comans, Executive Director, National Ageing Research Institute and Professor, Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland, and Frances Batchelor, Director Clinical Gerontology & Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute, University of Melbourne, assess the new reforms.