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Care minutes in aged care homes
This fact sheet helps older persons, their families and carers understand the care minutes requirement for residential aged care.
Each aged care home must provide a certain amount of care time for everyone living at the home. The care must be given by registered nurses, enrolled nurses, personal care workers and assistants in nursing. This is called the care minutes responsibility
An accessible Word format of the fact sheet in English can be accessed .
- Organisation:
- Australian Department of Health and Aged Care
- Target audience:
- General
- Service area:
- National
- Published:
- March 2025
- Last reviewed:
- June 2025
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