2026 Stakeholder Profile - Aged Care Association
2026 Stakeholder Profile
Sector evidence
Sector body
June 2026
Next review not yet scheduled
New Zealand
Medium confidence
published
SNZ editorial review
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Short Answer
Who They Represent: Providers of aged residential care (ARC) in New Zealand.
Key Points
- •Official Name: Aged Care Association (ACA)
- •Official URL: aca.org.nz
- •Type: Industry Association
- •Workforce: Advocates for an aged care workforce strategy including better pay for caregivers and nurses, improved training, and immigration settings that allow recruitment of overseas workers.
- •Regulation: Supports effective regulation but argues for proportionate compliance costs. Resistant to minimum staffing ratios without government funding to cover costs.
- •Pay Equity: Supports pay equity for aged care workers but insists government must fund wage increases (not pass costs to providers).
Full Summary & Notes
- Official Name: Aged Care Association (ACA) - Official URL: aca.org.nz (opens in a new tab) - Type: Industry Association - Who They Represent: Providers of aged residential care (ARC) in New Zealand. The ACA's membership includes the majority of rest homes, dementia units, and hospital-level care facilities, covering both for-profit and not-for-profit providers. The ACA is the peak industry body representing aged residential care providers in New Zealand. It advocates for the sector on funding, workforce, regulation, and quality issues. The ACA is the primary voice of ARC providers in negotiations with government on subsidy rates, regulatory settings, and policy reform. It represents a sector under significant financial pressure, with many providers reporting that government subsidy rates do not cover the cost of care. - ARC Funding: The ACA's defining issue. Advocacy for increased government subsidy rates (RCS rates) to cover the true cost of care. Argues that chronic underfunding is unsustainable and affecting quality of care and workforce pay. - Workforce: Advocates for an aged care workforce strategy including better pay for caregivers and nurses, improved training, and immigration settings that allow recruitment of overseas workers. - Regulation: Supports effective regulation but argues for proportionate compliance costs. Resistant to minimum staffing ratios without government funding to cover costs. - Pay Equity: Supports pay equity
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