This impact evaluation on the Integrated Carer Support Service (ICSS) – publicly known as Carer Gateway, was commissioned to assess program appropriateness, effectiveness and efficiency. The evaluation draws on a mixed-methods approach and found all three objectives of the Carer Gateway have been met. The report details conclusions and implications of the evaluation’s findings.

This report provides data on cases presenting to Older Persons Advocacy Network members in the period July to December 2024, including the type of advocacy or information provided, referral source and the top advocacy issues. Service delivery and accessing aged care remained the key concerns, consistent with the previous year.

This report discusses opportunities to improve outcomes for older Australians by facilitating data sharing. It identifies key priorities for the aged care sector, including promoting common data languages and developing a coordinated, national approach to support data access and use.

This framework contains a range of actions to improve aged care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It sets out reforms under five measurable outcomes underpinned by four guiding principles, establishing a vision for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to age well by having their spiritual, physical and mental health needs met.

Primary Health Networks (PHNs) coordinated and commissioned place-based primary health care services to address their region’s local identified health needs. This report looks at the performance and outcomes of the PHN program. The COVID-19 pandemic continued to disrupt the primary health care system from the previous year, including delivery of the PHN program and its...