Get involved

There is a range of ways you can be involved in the reforms, including surveys, webinars, online workshops and consultation papers. You can also engage with us face-to-face at community events.

Find more information about current and upcoming engagement opportunities below.

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Older Australians

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Aged care workers and providers

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Open Engagement opportunities

  • Aged Care Taskforce

    The Aged Care Taskforce (Taskforce) will review funding arrangements for aged care and develop options for a system that is fair and equitable for everyone in Australia. We’re seeking feedback on the draft Aged Care Funding Principles.

    Audience: Older people, carers and families, Aged care workers, Providers (i.e. administrators, owners), Aged care experts and peak organisations

    Topic: Residential care, Regulation and legislation, Funding and sustainability, Reporting

  • Register your interest for free food and nutrition education and training for aged care chefs and cooks

    We are partnering with the Maggie Beer Foundation to deliver free education and training programs for residential aged care chefs and cooks.

    Audience: Aged care workers, Providers (i.e service administrators, owners)

    Topic: Residential Aged Care

  • Workshops: National Nursing Workforce Strategy

    We’re working on a National Nursing Workforce Strategy to support nurses to continue delivering high quality health care in future care environments, including aged care. To help inform the strategy we invite aged care workers to get involved in face-to-face workshops.

    Audience: Aged care workers, Providers (i.e service administrators, owners), Aged care experts and peak organisations

    Topic: Aged care reform

  • Visit your local library to learn about changes to aged care

    The Department of Health and Aged Care has partnered with the Australian Library and Information Association to help educate and involve local communities about changes to aged care.

    Audience: Older Australians, carers and families

    Topic: Aged care reform

  • Survey: Older people – share your thoughts on aged care

    We want to hear from older people, their families and carers about what they think about aged care, and the changes currently underway. Take the survey and share your thoughts with us.

    Audience: Older Australians, carers and families

    Topic: Aged care reform

  • Webinar: Publishing provider reporting for stakeholders and the community

    We invite residential and home care providers to join us for a webinar discussing how they can preview their operational and financial data prior to its publication on My Aged Care in February 2024. This includes data on income and expenditure, and surplus or loss.

    Audience: Providers (i.e service administrators, owners)

    Topic: Governance

  • Webinar: Digital Transformation Tech Talk

    Join our last Digital Transformation Tech Talk for the year to hear our latest digital news, look back at the 2023 highlights, and see what’s in store as we head into 2024.

    Audience: Aged care workers, Providers (i.e service administrators, owners), Aged care experts and peak organisations

    Topic: Home care, Residential care. Governnance, Workforce, Research and ICT

  • Webinar: Home Care Packages Program Assurance Review Findings

    A presentation of findings from the Home Care Packages Program Assurance Reviews into unspent funds and pricing transparency on My Aged Care.

    Audience: Older Australians, carers and families, Providers (i.e service administrators, owners), Aged care experts and peak organisations

    Topic: Governance

  • 15% Aged care pay rise satisfaction survey

    We want to hear about what the government’s 15% aged care pay rise has meant to you and your organisation. Take a short survey to help us evaluate and understand the effect this increase has had on the aged care sector.

    Audience: Aged care workers, Providers (i.e service administrators, owners), Aged care experts and peak organisations

    Topic: Workforce

  • Support at Home Q&A for aged care providers

    Following the New Aged Care Act and Support at Home Program Update on 14 December, we are hosting an online Q&A session to give aged care providers a chance to ask questions about the reforms to in-home aged care.

    Audience: Providers (i.e service administrators, owners), Aged care experts and peak organisations

    Topic: Support at Home

  • Support at Home Q&A for older people

    Following the New Aged Care Act and Support at Home Program Update on 14 December, we are hosting an online Q&A session to give older people, their families and carers a chance to ask questions about the reforms to in-home aged care.

    Audience: Older Australians, carers and families

    Topic: Support at Home


Upcoming aged care events

Come and see us at one of the many sector conferences, expos and community events we attend

    No upcoming aged care events at this time.


Previous engagements

We've held 141 engagements to inform Aged Care Reforms. Read about previous engagement activities and how these have shaped the aged care reforms.

Older Australians

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter EngAged, for updates on changes to aged care, news from the Council of Elders and alerts about upcoming consultation activities.

SIGN UP Past editions

Aged care workers and providers

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Your Aged Care Update, for news and alerts about the aged care reforms, and information for the sector.

SIGN UP Past editions