The federal budget handed down on Tuesday night includes funding for 80,000 home care packages to clear a backlog of 100,000 Australians waiting for care.

Ms Leitch said it was not clear at this stage how soon the backlog would start to be cleared.

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"That will always be of concern, and of course running alongside that, we will always need to have some form of workforce development as well," she said.

"There are certainly some announcements that look like they are addressing that."

Ms Leitch said there would be another budget cycle before the aged care proposals that were in place now came to an end.

"So it would be up to whichever party was in power to continue that level of investment," she said.

"We also have to bear in mind that we will have an increasingly ageing population."

Ms Leitch said disappointingly the budget did not contain any protections for older people in the rental market who might be receiving home care.

"They are more at-risk because their living circumstances are more precarious," she said.

"And of course the most vulnerable in that situation as always are women - single women that are single because they've never married, or they've had a marriage breakdown, or they may be widowed."

Australian Medical Association state president Helen McArdle welcomed the increase in home care packages.

"Given our ageing population, it is very important because that will allow people to remain at home and get the support they require," she said.

The government's commitment in the budget will bring the number of home care packages nationally 275,000 by 2023.

The number of home care packages provided six years ago was just 60,000.

The Royal Commission into aged care last year recommended the government needed to urgently reduce the waiting list.

A Health Department report last year showed there were 3441 Tasmanians on the four different levels of home care packages and 1776 Tasmanians who were approved but awaiting entry.

The estimated wait times after approval were between three and six months for a level one package and more than 12 months for level two, three and four packages.

The packages range from a basic level of care needs, or a level one package costing about $9000 a year, to high care - a level four package that costs about $52,000 a year.

Meanwhile, the budget has provided for $798.3 million to support informal carers of the elderly.

Carers Tasmania chief executive David Brennan said this would come in the form of respite in aged care facilities and other forms of support and respite.

"As the state with the highest proportion of carers over 65 years old, this commitment is significant," he said.

"Many carers are not aware of supports and are frustrated with navigating systems to get the help they need."