More than 2000 elderly Tasmanians remain on the waiting list for home care packages - a situation described as "shocking", "unsafe practice" and "neglect" in the royal commission's interim report.

"By any measure, this is a cruel and discriminatory system, which places great strain on older Australians and their relatives. It is unfair. Older people should receive the home care services they need to live safely at home," the report reads.

"Funding should be forthcoming from the Australian Government to ensure the timely delivery of these services."

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The interim report restated many of the demands Council on the Ageing Tasmania has been making for years, including the focus on home care packages.

Operations manager Deb Lewis said they were hopeful that further action would be taken.

"There is a need for a fundamental change," she said.

"Home care packages need to be unblocked. We are seeing people regularly who are really struggling because they can't get support at home."

Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck said there were already more home care packages projected to come into the market, and reform of the system was a priority.

"There needs to be some reform of the home care system in the way that it's delivered, and then obviously government's got some other considerations to make, because one of the three things that the Commission talked about as far as priorities was concerned was access to home care," he said.

The government pointed to $1 billion in aged care reforms since September last year as evidence that it was moving proactively, including 25,000 more home care packages since July.

Additional funding for the sector is likely to flow in the mid-year budget update in December, Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Friday.

The royal commission was "alarmed" that people continue to die while waiting for home care packages, while others were prematurely moved into residential care. Issues around the process in accessing the packages were also raised.

Labor aged care spokesperson Julie Collins said it was clear that increasing funding has been needed for some time.

"We currently have over 2000 Tasmanians sitting on the home care wait list who cannot get access to the home care package that they have been assessed and approved for," she said.

"If the government were to act immediately, that would today help older Australians, Tasmanians, sitting on that waiting list."

Immediately increasing the number of home care packages in order to eliminate the waiting list remained a top priority of Council on the Ageing Tasmania, which has advocated for increased funding for years.