Funding 30,000 more home-care packages in the government's mid-year budget update or the 2019/20 budget is among five urgent changes the Council on the Ageing has recommended.

The group also wants the coalition to make all inspections of age-care providers unannounced and pass legislation by March 2018 ensuring aged-care packages are paid to older people, not providers.

Better transparency around aged-care services and staffing and more money to build up the capacity of the workforce are also suggested.

Chief executive Ian Yates says there's nothing getting in the way of the coalition making the reforms, which had been sought for years.

"We are underlining things that there is no impediment for government acting on, except will and putting some money behind their support for quality aged care," he told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday.

"We don't want the momentum to slip."

There have been no new announcements about funding for aged-care packages since the royal commission was ordered, Mr Yates noted, despite the number of people waiting for them growing.

"I think we'll find the queue continues to grow."

The Consumers Health Forum wants the commission to investigate the adequacy and quality of health services in residential and community-based aged care facilities.

"It is timely to have a deep and comprehensive look at the quality of care provided to older Australians and the extent of sub-standard care," the forum's chief executive Leanne Wells said.

"It is critical that the adequacy of access to healthcare and wellness services in aged care settings is also examined."

Australian Associated Press