Publications
The Royal Commission will publish its reports and other papers as they become available. If you require any of these publications in a different format, please email ACRCPublicationsEnquiries@ag.gov.au.
The Aged Care Royal Commission Interim Report was released 31 October 2019.
Research Paper 7 - Models of Integrated Care, Health and Housing
Prepared by
National Ageing Research Institute
Paper 7 - Models of Integrated Care, Health and Housing provides an overview and analysis of integrated models of care for older people, as they relate to health care, social care, and housing or accommodation in Australia.
Research Paper 6 – Australia’s aged care system: assessing the views and preferences of the general public for quality of care and future funding
Prepared by
Flinders University
Landmark new research by Flinders University shows Australians strongly support increased funding to ensure universal access to high-quality aged care services in the future. The research was conducted for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and is based on a survey of 10,000 adults not currently using aged care services.
Research Paper 5 - They look after you, you look after them: Community attitudes to ageing and aged care
Prepared by
Ipsos
Prepared for the Royal Commission by Ipsos, this paper is the result of 35 focus groups and 30 in-depth interviews conducted during July-September 2019 about attitudes to ageing and aged care.
Letters Patent – 25 June 2020
The terms of reference for the Royal Commission are included in the Letters Patent, which the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia amended by Letters Patent on 25 June 2020.
Research Paper 4 – What Australians think of Ageing and Aged Care
Prepared by
Roy Morgan
Prepared for the Royal Commission by Roy Morgan, this paper surveys 10,000 people seeking their views on ageing and aged care.
Practice guideline 6 - Virtual Public Hearings
Number
PG6
This Practice Guideline relates to the conduct of public hearings of the Royal Commission conducted virtually in part or in full.
Consultation paper 2 - Financing Aged Care
Prepared by
The Office of the Royal Commission for Commissioners
The consultation paper examines how aged care is funded in Australia and overseas, and considers a range of options that have the potential to transform the way aged care is funded and delivered in Australia.
Research, innovation and technology - workshop propositions
Prepared by
Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission
These propositions were provided in draft form to the proposed panel participants for Adelaide Workshop 2, for the purpose of testing ideas relating to research, innovation and technology as those topics relate to aged care.
Counsel Assisting's submissions on Program redesign
Prepared by
Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission
In these submissions, Counsel Assisting outline their current proposals for farreaching changes in aged care program design.
Counsel Assisting's submissions on workforce
Prepared by
Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission
Counsel Assisting's submissions recommend the implementation of a holistic package that will, over time, make aged care a more attractive sector in which to work. This will help to retain the current workforce and attract new workers to the sector.
Publicly available documents which have been identified as relevant to the Royal Commission's Terms of Reference are available on the Related publications page.