The aged care reforms are here. Since 1 November 2025, the Aged Care Act 2024 and the Strengthened Quality Standards have been in force — and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is actively auditing against them. For facility managers, general managers, and boards, staying on top of compliance across all seven reform pillars while running day-to-day operations is an enormous challenge.
What Is ReadiCare ARC™?
ReadiCare ARC is our AI-powered Aged Care Compliance & Governance Platform, purpose-built for Australian aged care. The product is organised around three pillars — Assess, Report, and Comply — covering everything a facility manager needs to stay ready for ACQSC audits and board reporting.
Assess
The heart of ReadiCare ARC is the Reform Readiness Scorecard — 113 targeted questions across seven reform pillars: Quality Standards, Workforce Readiness, Governance, Funding & Financial, Star Ratings, Incident Management, and Digital Readiness. Complete your first assessment in under 30 minutes and get an instant compliance score with traffic-light ratings showing exactly where you stand. AI-powered recommendations prioritise your gaps by regulatory risk. And Smart Reassessment lets you describe changes in plain English and have the AI update the relevant scores in minutes.
Report
Board-Ready Governance Reports generate a one-click, governance-formatted PDF with risk assessment, recommended board resolutions, and AI-generated narrative — the kind of document that previously took a compliance consultant a week to produce. For corporate administrators overseeing multi-facility groups, consolidated reports roll results up across sites with comparative analysis baked in.
Comply
Audit Countdown Mode gives you a prioritised preparation plan with daily task lists, evidence checklists, staff briefings, and AI-generated mock assessor questions tailored to your weak spots. Regulatory Radar scans ongoing regulatory changes and cross-references them to your facility’s assessment data, so you know which updates actually matter to you. Care Minutes Monitoring tracks weekly direct-care minutes against Quality Standards targets with traffic-light alerts, trend charts (12/26/52-week views on Premium), AI projections, and QFR export for regulatory submissions. And “What If” Scenario Modelling lets you project how compliance scores would change before you commit to a staffing or operational change.
Essentials Is Free Forever. Premium Is $199 per Facility per Month.
Essentials includes the full 113-question Reform Readiness Scorecard, AI recommendations, PDF scorecard reports, assessment version history, Regulatory Radar titles, a Regulatory Calendar, and basic Care Minutes entry with a 4-week trend — free forever, for a single facility and a single user.
Premium unlocks Smart Reassessment, “What If” Scenario Modelling, Board-Ready Governance Reports, Audit Preparation with countdown and mock questions, full personalised Regulatory Radar impact analysis, advanced Care Minutes features (12/26/52-week trends, AI projections, QFR export), Corporate Admin dashboards for multi-facility groups, full user management, and priority support. It’s $199 per facility per month, with a 6-month free trial and no credit card required. Volume discounts are available for multi-facility groups.
Get Started
ReadiCare ARC is built by Barton Care — drawing on our frontline experience in aged care workforce and compliance. If you’re a facility manager, general manager, quality & compliance manager, or board member looking to get ahead of the reforms, request access today at apps.bartoncare.com.au. Or explore ReadiCare ARC first to see how it fits your facility.
ReadiCare is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or certified by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission or the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
