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Understanding the Different Types of Aged Care

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

SAH classifications 7 and 8: Maximum Support for Critical Needs

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

Understanding What’s Included in Residential Aged Care: A Practical Guide for Residents and Families

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

Support at Home Classifications 5 and 6: Advanced In-Home Care for Complex Needs

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

New Home, Same Care – Ensuring Continuity During Relocation

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

Support at Home Classifications 3 and 4: Advanced Care

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

Support at Home vs Home Care Packages (6 Key Differences)

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

Financial Hardship Assistance for Aged Care

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

Preparing for Support at Home: What You Should Know About Service Agreements and Fees

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

When Is It Time to Move from Home Care to Residential Care?

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

Waiting for a Home Care Package? Here’s What You Can Do in the Meantime

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

Support at Home Classification 2: Stepping Up Care

Support at Home Classification 2 is the next step-up in community-based aged care services, aimed at individuals with low-to-moderate care needs. While Classification 1 might involve occasional visits or light assistance, Classification 2 introduces more structured and consistent care.

Income and Means Assessments in Aged Care: Simplified

Between understanding different types of aged care, making choices about facilities, and dealing with costs, families are often faced with layers of financial paperwork and unfamiliar terminology.

Support at Home Classification 1: Understanding Basic Home Care

Support at Home Classification 1 refers to a basic or introductory level of home care assistance. It is intended for people with low-level needs, meaning they do not require intensive medical care or around-the-clock supervision, but may struggle with certain day-to-day tasks.

Understanding Home Care as Part of Aged Care

Home care allows individuals to remain in familiar surroundings while receiving assistance tailored to their needs. Staying at home supports both physical and emotional wellbeing, reduces stress associated with relocation, and helps maintain a sense of independence.

A New Era in Aged Care: What the November 2025 Aged Care Act Means

Learn how the Support at Home program can improve your in-home care experience! This government-funded program helps you live independently longer by offering various services like nursing care and everyday assistance.

Find Out Where You Fit within Support at Home

Whether you are just starting out with in-home support or have been receiving care for years, knowing your place within Support at Home helps you make informed choices and ensures that your needs are met.

Early Release of Home Care Packages

Government Announces Early Release of 20,000 Home Care Packages With 40,000 Released in Total by End of 2025.

Aged Care Planning Checklist: What to Do Before 1 November 2025

With sweeping reforms brought by the new Aged Care Act 2024 coming into effect from 1 November 2025, now is the perfect time to start getting your affairs in order. Change is coming to the way aged care services are delivered, regulated, and funded, and starting aged care planning early ensures a clear way forward.

Changing Care with Your Changing Needs

What is happening to the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP)?

End-of-Life Pathway Guide For Support at Home Participants

Support for Carers: What Help Is Available?

A Detailed Guide to the Income and Assets Checklist

Complete Guide to Support at Home’s New Restorative Care Pathway?

What Can I Spend my Support at Home Package On

Support at Home will help more Australian seniors live at home for longer, rather than enter residential aged care. In this article we outline exactly what home care services you can spend your Support at Home package on.

A table with the 8 Support at Home Classifications, the quarterly budget, annual budget and care overview

Support At Home Classifications 1-8 Explained: What Each Classification Includes

This new model introduces a more flexible and personalised approach to in-home aged care, with a clear, structured framework of eight care classifications. These classifications ensure older Australians receive the precise level of care needed to remain safe, independent, and well supported at home.

What's New in Australian Aged Care Services