General Aged Care Act 2024 information
Read a summary and explanation of the main amendments made to the new Act during the parliamentary process.
The Aged Care Act 2024 plain language fact sheet is available in 6 languages, and Easy Read. It gives a summary of each chapter of the new Act.
Read about key changes in the Act for aged care workers. The ACQSC also provides information on key changes related to the Act for aged care workers.
Working in aged care in Australia – Let’s change aged care together – Aged care reforms for aged care workers. Find out more about how reforms, including changes to the new Act, will impact you, where you can access supports and how you can get involved.
Subscribe to Working in Aged Care Update to receive monthly updates about the aged care reforms and information on the Act.
Module 1: A guide for the aged care workforce – Understanding and Adapting the Aged Care Act 2024.
Statement of Rights
This Statement of Rights plain language fact sheet is available in 6 languages and Easy Read. It provides a summary of the rights older people have when accessing aged care services.
Worker screening
Read about the changes you will need to consider to apply new aged care worker screening.
Aged Care Quality Standards
We are strengthening the Aged Care Quality Standards, understand what the changes mean to you.
Regulatory model
The new model for regulating aged care will change the way the sector operates.
Learn how the new regulatory model will work:
- read how the model will be delivered and regulated
- watch a recorded presentation on how the regulatory model will work, download the webinar questions and answers
- watch the follow up recorded presentation to answer questions directly.
Quality indicators
The new staffing quality indicators collection began in April this year, watch a presentation recording and download answers to commonly asked questions.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Read the Transforming Aged Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people community booklet, Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Andrea Kelly report to government summary
Whistleblower protections
The new Act will do more to protect whistleblowers – people who call out issues. Understand who you can report to and how.
Code of Conduct for Aged Care
Read about the Code of Conduct for Aged Care on the ACQSC's website to understand how you must behave and treat people receiving aged care.