Program · Outcome 3: Improved wellbeing for older people in Australia through targeted support, access to appropriate, high-quality care, and related informationservices
Program 3.2: Aged Care Services
To provide support at home, residential care and respite care service programs for older people who require assistance.
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 9 reported
$43.8bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$2.4bn (+5.7%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aged Care Act 2024 - Residential Care Subsidies | administered | $17.5bn | $27.4bn | +$10.0bn +56.9% | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 658 |
| Aged Care Act 2024 - Support at Home | administered | $6.6bn | $10.0bn | +$3.4bn +52.0% | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 660 |
| Ordinary annual services | administered | $4.7bn | $5.0bn | +$327m +7.0% | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 650 |
| Aged Care Act 2024 - Specialist Aged Care Programs | administered | $442m | $815m | +$373m +84.5% | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 659 |
| Aged Care Act 2024 - Assistive Technology and Home Modification Scheme | administered | $198m | $316m | +$118m +59.5% | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 657 |
| National Health Act 1953 - continence aids payments | administered | $135m | $144m | +$8.9m +6.6% | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 661 |
| Aged Care Act 1997 - residential and home care | administered | $11.5bn | $40m | −$11.5bn −99.7% | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 656 |
| Zero Real Interest Loans - Appropriation | administered | $0 | $1.5m | +$1.5m new | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 651 |
| Deposit Concessional Loan - Appropriation | administered | $0 | $0 | no change – | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 653 |
| Deposit Concessional Loan - Expense adjustment | administered | $0 | $0 | no change – | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 654 |
| Aged Care Act 1997 - flexible care | administered | $373m | $0 | −$373m −100.0% | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 655 |
| Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act 2006 | administered | $0 | $0 | no change – | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 662 |
| Zero Real Interest Loans - Expense adjustment | administered | $0 | −$1.5m | −$1.5m – | reported | 2.3.1 Outcome 3, row 652 |