Older Australians will gain from a federal spending boost on aged care support and in-home help, as the Morrison government commits more than half-a-billion dollars to the services in its latest budget update.

The measures include 10,000 new home care packages offering services like clinical care, nursing and mobility help, nutrition, hydration and meal preparation for those who can stay in their homes rather than move to an aged care facility.

The packages will be available in early 2019 and fund services worth up to $50,000 per person.

The government will also help another 70,000 older Australians by cutting the fees on their home care packages, depending on the intensity of the help they need.

The daily maximum fees payable for level one home care packages will be cut by $400 a year, while the cost of level two packages will fall by $200 a year and level three packages will fall by $100 a year.