The Advance Care Directives Act 2013 - Aged Care Quality Association

Advance Health Directive

July 1st 2014 marks the commencement of the Advance Care Directives Act 2013 and associated amendments to the Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care Act1995 (Consent Act) and the Guardianship and Administration Act 1993 (GA Act).

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Hand Hygiene Audit and Food Safety

ByACQA Committee 06/11/2019

Updates to use of alcohol based hand rub in food preparation areas.

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Updated Feedback Management Audit, new Organisational Governance Audit

ByACQA Committee 03/08/2018

Organisational Governance and Feedback Management updated today!

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Draft Standards Now Available

ByACQA Committee 02/02/2018

The draft Standards are available on the Ageing and Aged Care website. Standards are expected to be implemented from 1 July 2018.

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October 2015 Issue of JBI Matters is now online

ByMatt Kowald 15/10/201507/11/2018

The October 2015 issue of JBI Matters is now online http://joannabriggs.org/jbi-matters.html.

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Environment and Safety Audit: Questions and Answers

ByACQA Committee 27/07/2018

Is the updated Environment and Safety Audit the same as the old Care Recipient Living Environment Audit?

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Major Residential Audit Update Released!

ByACQA Committee 28/03/202228/03/2022

Dear Members, We are pleased to announce a major revision of our Residential Aged Care Audits is going live today. Updates include: Changes to questions targeting specific feedback from recent Accreditation visits, Increased coverage of Standards 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8, in particular around Dignity of Risk, Behaviour Support Plans, SIRS incidents & Prudential…