Aged care: a quick guide

Aged Care: A Quick Guide has been published by the Parliamentary Library to give an overview of the formal aged care systme in Australia, which caters for people over the age of 65 (and Indigenous Australians over the age of 50) who can no longer live without support in their own homes. It provides statistics on the types of care provided, organisations providing the care and regulatory arrangements.  

The Australian Government spent around $15.8 billion in 2014–15 on aged care services, and the Aged Care Act 1997 provides the legislative framework for the funding and regulation of aged care.