ARC Funding Analysis Resources and Updates

ARC Funding Analysis Participants should regularly check this page for updates and practical guidance on completing the data collection workbook. It is the preference of the ACA and StewartBrown that detailed aged residential care data is collected per option A by the four care domains:

This will deliver a more credible dataset to pinpoint the funding adequacy across the care levels and strengthen lobbying and advocacy efforts with government and key sector stakeholders. Reliable data-led evidence will support robust analysis to influence funding reforms that can make the sector financially sustainable and investible. This is required to support capital investment to increase future supply for an ageing population.

The following guidance and tools will assist with allocating costs across the care level domains:

Line-item methodology recommendations for Option A Data Collection Reporting

📄 Allocation Line by Line Methodology Guidance

Option A data collection enables StewartBrown and the ACA to understand the cost of aged residential care across the four care domains of rest home, hospital, dementia and psychogeriatric.

Nursing and caregiver cost and time allocation

📄 Practical guidance material for allocating nursing and caregiver costs and hours across the four care domains of rest home, hospital, dementia, psychogeriatric

𓊂 ACA RN and caregiver cost and hour allocation tool by care level

A significant cost for aged residential care is the Nursing and Caregiver time and cost allocation. The resource utilisation will vary depending on resident mix across the care levels and the resident acuity.

Corporate administration recharges

It is important that cost of providing aged residential care accounts for the cost of shared corporate support services such as your finance, IT, payroll and human resource functions. These functions are essential for aged residential care operators. The following material provides practical guidance for allocating administration charges for organisations that do not currently have an administration recharge methodology back to their business units.

📄 Corporate administration and overhead allocation guidance material

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