Fast Facts
Updated September 2025 for financial year 2025-26, unless otherwise stated
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- Residential aged care – Entry from 1 July 2014
Daily means-tested amount
(Income-tested amount + asset-tested amount) / 364
Income-tested amount
Single
(Annual assessable income – $34,762.00) x 50%
Couples (each)
(Annual assessable income – $34,034.00) x 50%
Asset-tested amount
17.5% of assets between $63,000.00 and $210,555.20
1% of assets between $210,555.20 and $505,665.60
2% of assets above $505,665.60
Accommodation payments
| Home cap [21] | $210,555.20 |
| Maximum accommodation supplement | $70.94 |
| Minimum assets after paying Refundable Accommodation Deposit | $63,000 |
| Interest charge on outstanding Refundable Accommodation Deposit | |
|---|---|
| - 1 July 2025 to 30 September 2025 | 7.78% |
| - 1 October 2025 to 31 December 2025 | 7.61% |
Ongoing care fees
| Basic daily care fee | $65.55 |
| Daily means-tested care fee [22] (Daily means-tested amount – maximum accommodation supplement) | |
|---|---|
| Annual cap | $35,238.11 |
| Lifetime cap | $84,571.66 |
[21] Applies separately to both members of a couple.
[22] Cannot exceed the recipient’s cost of care.
- Home care – Received from 1 July 2014
Basic daily fee
| Package level 1 | $12.09 |
| Package level 2 | $12.78 |
| Package level 3 | $13.14 |
| Package level 4 | $13.49 |
Income-tested care fee [23]
| Assessable income (single) p.a. | Annual income-tested care fee |
|---|---|
| Less than or equal to $34,762.00 | Nil |
| Between $34,762.00 and $66,960.40 | (Annual assessable income – $34,762.00) x 50% up to maximum of $7,047.55 |
| Greater than or equal to $66,960.40 | $7,047.55 + (Annual assessable income – $66,960.40) x 50% up to maximum of $14,095.20 |
| Assessable income (couple living together) p.a. each | Annual income-tested care fee |
| Less than or equal to $26,781.00 | Nil |
| Between $26,781.00 and $51,142.00 | (Annual assessable income – $26,781.00) x 50% up to maximum of $7,047.55 |
| Greater than or equal to $51,142.00 | $7,047.55 + (Annual assessable income – $51,142.00) x 50% up to maximum of $14,095.20 |
| Assessable income (couple illness separated) p.a. each | Annual income-tested care fee |
| Less than or equal to $34,034.00 | Nil |
| Between $34,034.00 and $66,232.40 | (Annual assessable income – $34,034.00) x 50% up to maximum of $7,047.55 |
| Greater than or equal to $66,232.40 | $7,047.55 + (Annual assessable income – $66,232.40) x 50% up to maximum of $14,095.20 |
| Lifetime cap | $84,571.66 |