Aged Care Reforms: Who Will Pay More Under The New System?

A long awaited Aged Care Act is coming into force, four years after a Royal Commission recommended major reforms to the sector.

Female home carer supporting old woman to stand up from the armchair at care home Source: iStockphoto / PIKSEL/Getty Images

From Saturday the 1st of November, sweeping reforms to aged care will come into effect, under the new Aged Care Act which passed parliament a year ago.

They're the long-awaited result of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Safety and Quality, which delivered its final report in 2021, to repair a system which many saw as broken.

The government has already acted on some recommendations of the Royal Commission - such as increasing wages for aged care workers, and boosting supervision of residents in nursing homes.

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