Showering Reclassified as Clinical Care in Aged Care Funding Shift - The Indian Sun

Home-care co-payment for showering scrapped - Aged Care Insite

The Albanese government has announced that the current co-payments for aged care services such as showering, dressing and continence care, will be scrapped from October 1. Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler confirmed on Wednesday that, as part of the upcoming federal budget, these essential personal care services will be moved to the Support at Home program’s clinical care category. “The changes respond directly to feedback from older Au…

Government makes aged care change after industry outcry

The Australian Government has finally bowed to public pressure and made a much-needed change to the Support at Home Program.

Government Removes Out-of-Pocket Costs for Essential Aged Care Services

Older Australians receiving support through the federal government’s Support at Home aged care program will soon no longer have to pay out-of-pocket costs for essential personal care services such as showering, dressing, and continence management. The Albanese Government announced that from October 1 2026, these services will be reclassified under the program’s clinical care category, meaning co-contributions will be fully removed. The Older Per…

Showering costs to be covered in aged care backdown

Aged care residents won’t have to pay extra for help with basic tasks such as showering and dressing after a backdown by the government. Changes to aged care, which came into effect in November, required some recipients to pay more for basic support services. While the reforms were meant to improve the care levels offered, those on Support at Home packages had fees attached to services such as help with showering. It meant that in some cases, el…

Showering reclassified as clinical care in aged care funding shift - The Indian Sun

Showering for older Australians will be fully funded under the Federal Government’s Support at Home program after it is reclassified as clinical care, removing client contributions that previously ranged from 5 per cent to 50 per cent. The change was announced by the Hon Mark Butler and the Hon Sam Rae, with the measure set to take effect as part of the upcoming Budget. The decision follows concerns raised by aged care providers and advocacy gro…

Finally: the cruel aged care fees that are being abolished

Older Australians will receive free help for showering, dressing, and continence care after complaints about the Support at Home program.