The purpose of the care minutes guide (the Guide) is to provide information to registered providers of approved residential care homes (homes or aged care homes) about the legislative obligation to deliver a certain amount of care minutes in aged care homes.
The Guide explains the categories of workers that can deliver care minutes, the activities that can qualify as care minutes, the care minutes targets for aged care homes and how these are calculated and reporting obligations in relation to care minutes.
This guide only relates to the application of the care minutes obligation in mainstream homes (that is those funded under the Australian National Aged Care Classification funding model).