The evidence base for aged care’s missing price says the funding model’s own relativities need a rethink
IHACPA costed 200 homes, 12,537 residents and 355,830 days of care, measuring direct care time with Bluetooth devices. The average permanent resident cost $430 a day, and $768 in the most remote homes against $419 in the cities. The report’s own recommendation five asks whether the AN-ACC price weights still match what care actually costs.
28 July 2026
Seven in ten aged care homes carry the same star rating. The spread is hiding in the sub-ratings
The May 2026 extract, computed in full: 71.9 per cent of rated homes hold 4 stars and exactly one home in the country holds 1, yet a quarter of homes score 1 or 2 stars on Staffing and 27.2 per cent miss a mandated care-minutes target. The national distribution, the state league table, and the quarter’s movers, two-to-one downward.
18 July 2026
The median wait for home care services has doubled to 245 days
Eight months, typically, from approval to help actually arriving, on the Productivity Commission’s own tables. Where the time goes and what you can do while you wait.
18 July 2026
From 1 August, aged care nursing pay rises for the last time under the work value case. The exact new rates
The determination was signed on 15 July. A first-year RN’s award minimum reaches $1,571.60 a week; the full table, from the document itself.
18 July 2026
Support at Home price caps are paused. Here is what stands between you and an unfair bill now
The Minister’s stated reason, the refund powers and quarterly price summary that replaced the ceiling, and what both peak bodies say.
18 July 2026
Is aged care losing money? The sector’s two scorecards disagree, and both are right
61 per cent of homes at an operating loss beside 64.5 per cent of providers profitable: different populations, windows and metrics, explained.
18 July 2026
The banning register names 461 people and not one provider. How aged care enforcement actually works
Bans attach to people; providers answer through different tools. A decoded guide, with a real enforceable undertaking as the worked example.
18 July 2026
The government’s own inspector: the aged care ‘transformation’ has not been achieved
The statutory reviewer’s verdict, quoted from the report itself, credits included: the law mandates the destination; the machinery is not built yet.
18 July 2026
The price that funds every aged care bed expires on 30 September. Its replacement is not published yet
The anatomy of the $295.64 AN-ACC price, and the ten-week gap providers are budgeting into. We will report the new number the day it lands.
18 July 2026