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About the Forum

StewartBrown presents the nationally recognised Aged Care Finance Forum for FY26. Join over 600 attendees nationwide discussing the financial issues, trends and analysis shaping the Australian Aged Care Sector.

For more than 15 years, the StewartBrown Finance Forum has brought together aged care providers from across the sector including boards, management, finance and operational teams to discuss key challenges, share insights and build sector knowledge.

In a year defined by reform, implementation and financial pressure, this year's program has been carefully curated to make the StewartBrown FY26 Forum one of the most valuable aged care finance events to attend in 2026.

The aged care sector is operating through one of its most significant periods of change, placing increased emphasis on financial sustainability and investability. The reforms introduced on 1 November 2025 are now in effect and are presenting providers with both strategic opportunities and operational challenges.

The StewartBrown Forum will provide detailed modelling and scenario analysis for both Residential Care and Support at Home across a range of key cohorts including region, provider size, resident/client mix, staffing mix, accommodation pricing and occupancy/utilisation.

Key Topics Include

• Aged Care Financial Performance Survey (ACFPS) — FY26 results
• Retirement Living Performance Report — FY25 results
• Corporate Administration Survey — FY25 and Dec-25 results
• Surveys Enhancement Project — system and data automation
• AN-ACC and mandated direct care staffing minutes — Care Minute Performance Statements
• Accommodation Pricing Analysis
• Financial and Prudential Standards
• Support at Home — pricing, utilisation, margin analysis and operational issues
• Future Policy Direction including sector forecasts
• Payroll Compliance
• Audit and statutory compliance
• New tools to be made available to participants

Dates, Times and Venues

Registration Information

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(Refer to the FY26 Registration Costs table on the following page for ticket prices.)

Dec-25 Home Care/Support at Home Aged Care Financial Performance Survey Sector Report covering the 6-month period 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025 which provides an overview of the financial performance of the in-home care and support at home sector in Australia. Please note that the report including the Organisation and Residential Aged Care results for Dec-25 was issued previously, a copy of this report is available on the StewartBrown website here.

Click here to view/download the StewartBrown - Aged Care Financial Performance Survey Analysis Report (December 2025) - includes Home Care/Support at Home Results.

Dec-25 Residential Aged Care Performance Survey Analysis Report covering the 6-month period 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025 period which incorporates detailed financial and supporting data from 1,200 aged care homes (100,648 beds/places) across Australia. Please note that this report includes the Organisation and Residential Aged Care results only. Home Care data will be reported separately in StewartBrown's Support at Home Survey. We delayed the Support at Home report as we are capturing the home care data in the detail required for Support at Home and we have worked with providers to amend their submissions to provide data in this detail.

Click here to view/download the StewartBrown Aged Care Financial Performance Survey Analysis Report for the December 2025 (Dec-25).

StewartBrown Managing Partner Stuart Hutcheon says the accounting firm is now offering retirement living operators something they’ve never had before: a dashboard containing comparable performance data to guide strategy.

In only its second year in the field, the FY25 StewartBrown Retirement Living Performance Survey showed growth in the number of operators participating with 85 retirement living operators, up from 79 operators in its inaugural survey.

Click here to view the complete article on The Weekly Source website.

Support at Home commenced on 1 November 2025 as part of the implementation of the Aged Care Act 2024 and Aged Care Rules 2025. Support at Home replaced the Home Care Packages (HCP) Program and the Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme.

The Aged Care Financial Performance Survey (Survey) Sector Report for the September 2025 quarter (Sep-25), which is the first quarter in financial year 2026. provides an overview of the financial performance of the aged care sector in Australia.

Please find attached the June 2025 Aged Care Performance Survey Analysis Report, covering the 12-month 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 period which incorporates detailed financial and supporting data from 1,206 aged care homes (100,109 beds/places) and 82,828 home care packages across Australia.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the Stewartbrown Aged Care Financial Performance Survey Analysis report for June 2025 (Twelve months).

Please find attached the StewartBrown discussion paper including analysis and comment on the Residential Aged Care Pricing increase from the 1 October 2025, please feel free to pass this paper on to any other interested party.

Click here to download the StewartBrown Discussion Paper - Residential Aged Care Pricing 1 October 2025

If you have any queries regarding this paper, joining our Surveys or on any of our audit and assurance or consulting services, please feel free to contact our office on (02) 9412 3033 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

StewartBrown Discussion Paper - Financial And Prudential Standards

Following a considerable number of discussions with providers and peak bodies seeking our opinion in relation to the Quality Commission's recently released "Public consultation summary report (the new financial and prudential standards" which included the amended Financial and Prudential Standards, and in particular the Liquidity Standard, we have prepared a Discussion paper for public comment.

Please find attached the March 2025 Aged Care Performance Survey Analysis Report, covering the 9-month 1 July 2024 to 31 March 2025 period which incorporates detailed financial and supporting data from 1,192 aged care homes (99,323 beds/places) and 79,975 home care packages across Australia.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the Stewartbrown Aged Care Financial Performance Survey Analysis report for March 2025 (Nine months).

Please find attached the December 2024 Aged Care Performance Survey Analysis Report, covering the 6-month period from 1 July to 31 December. This report includes detailed financial and supporting data from 1,168 aged care homes (96,627 beds/places) and 77,750 home care packages across Australia. Below is an overview of some results and commentary.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the Stewartbrown Aged Care Financial Performance Survey Analysis report for December 2024 (Six months).