Thursday, 4 December 2025

SATURDAY means business: the $7B fault line reshaping home care

Interim Packages are already shifting behaviour, grandfathered clients are feeling the squeeze, CHSP is splintering – and price caps are looming with no roadmap in sight.

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by Lauren Broomham
SATURDAY means business: the $7B fault line reshaping home care

Rising prices, rising refusals and a $7 billion waitlist are reshaping Support at Home heading into 2026.

Interim Packages are already shifting behaviour, grandfathered clients are feeling the squeeze, CHSP is splintering – and price caps are looming with no roadmap in sight.

With 230,000 older Australians already queued and no extra $7 billion on the table, the question is stark: redesign or drift?

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