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…

Dear Members, In recent weeks we have been working on plans with regards to the transition to the new Single Quality Framework (SQF). We have identified 2-3 new Audits that we need to write and several changes to existing Audits that we will need to apply. More detail on these changes will follow. As of…

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).

Dear Members, Further to our previous Public Announcement, we wanted to offer more detail as to changes in this release. As part of this release, we have made a number of changes to the audit timetable. New Audits Added We have added three audits; (1) Food Safety Audit, (2) Infection Control Audit, and (3) Privacy and…

Dear Members, In the recent past, common browsers like Google Chrome and others have phased out flash support in their browsers. Our data export functionality had been reliant on flash. As of today, we introduced the ability to export data without flash. This means that members who have had issues in the past exporting data…

Dear Members, As part of our commitment to supporting Aged Care Providers and Services, the Aged Care Quality Association Incorporated (ACQA) is running a number of free Accreditation Readiness Roadshows. There events are in-person, facilitated by experienced consultants and free to attend. Find out more or register here: https://agedcarequalityassociation.eventbrite.com/ Hope to see you there! Steve…