Increase to the Home Care Package subsidy

Increase to the Home Care Package subsidy

05 Mar 2025

We have increased the Home Care Package (HCP) subsidy from 1 March to help providers pass on the award wage increase for aged care nurses.

The Australian Government is supporting the Fair Work Commission’s final decision in the Aged Care Work Value Case for an increase to award wages for registered and enrolled nurses working in the aged care sector.

We increased the Home Care Package subsidy from 1 March to help providers pass on the award wage increase for aged care nurses.

HCP providers who employ aged care nurses under the Nurses Award 2010 will need to: 

  • communicate with their nurses and implement these increases to award wages 
  • review their pricing, and if reasonable increases are required, discuss the increases with care recipients and gain their consent to the pricing increases and update their Home Care Agreements. 

For more information, please refer to the Aged Care Work Value Case – Nurses Decision Provider fact sheet. 

You can also provide your care recipients with the Aged Care Work Value Case – Nurses Decision Care recipient fact sheet.

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