Insights and News

One year on, has HELF delivered on its promise of greater resident choice, innovation and financial sustainability?

We examine CHSP funding pressures, the distribution of funding across providers, the Auditor-General’s findings and what the extension to 2029 means for the program’s future.

What Treasury’s 2026 Intergenerational Report reveals about aged care funding, rising costs and future demand, and what it means for providers’ long-term planning.

IHACPA’s latest figures highlight the growing financial importance of HELF to the economics of everyday living services.

We look at what has changed in the Higher RAD application process and what this means for provider accommodation strategy.

With care minute underperformance now carrying financial consequences, how much buffer should providers build into their base roster?

Small changes to government subsidies require big changes in the amounts providers charge residents.

We set out the near-term opportunities we see for registered home care providers. 

We’re hosting a webinar with Inside Ageing on 24 September: You’ve updated the policies. Have you updated the business model?

What stays included, what can attract a fee, how to talk to residents with confidence. A practical action plan for transitioning Additional Services and Extra Service Status residents before 31 October 2026.

Providers have less than eleven weeks to transition residents with Additional Services and Extra Services (ESS) arrangements before those arrangements cease.

Most funding teams don't have a capability problem. They have a capacity problem.

The care an aged care home delivers today is often more complex than the funding attached to it. One of the most common funding issues we see is not incorrect care, but funding that no longer reflects the care being delivered.

HELF uptake: What are high-performing homes doing differently?

The first Wait Times Report under the Aged Care Act 2024 revealed the timing mechanism with implications for aged care providers.

We’ve outlined what the Budget confirmed, what it left unresolved and the implications for operational and strategic decisions over the coming quarter.

The accommodation recommendations have arrived. They paint the clearest picture yet of the path to sustainable sector growth.

The HCP experience holds useful lessons for how providers and policymakers approach capped pricing under Support at Home.