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Guide on How to Meet the Aged Care Quality Standards

This in-depth, practical guide brings many of our most-read and most-valued articles and resources together in one place, in a clear, simple narrative that helps residential aged care facility managers make sense of the challenges presented by the Aged Care Quality Standards.

1. Understanding the Aged Care Quality Standards, Quality Indicators and Compliance Requirements

It’s All About Consumer-Focused Care
Compliance Requirements Under the Aged Care Quality Standards
How the Aged Care Quality Standards Interrelate - How One Finding Can Result in Multiple "Not Mets"
How the Old Accreditation Standards Compare with the New Aged Care Quality Standards
Understanding the Aged Care Quality Indicators
Other Compliance Requirements and Resources

2. Self-Assessments

Tips for Writing Your Self-Assessment

3. Assessments and Site Visits

Unannounced Site Visits: Here’s What Assessors Say They’re Looking For
How Compliance will be Assessed
How to Manage Aged Care Assessment Contacts
What Happens if You Don’t Comply?

4. Governance, Risk-Management and Compliance (GRC): The Long-Term Solution

What is GRC and Why Does it Matter?
How to Create a Compliance Culture that Helps you Demonstrate Compliance
Open Disclosure Explained
Enterprise Risk Management in Aged Care

5. How to Keep up with Legislative Change – Aged Care Law Monitor Quarterly Report

What is Aged Care Law Monitor?
Request Your Copy

6. Infection Control/COVID-19 Resources

Infection Control Webinar
Infection Control Briefing Paper
Audit Tools for Facilities

7. Stay Informed with Aged Care Essentials (ACE)

ACE: Your Free Resource for Information and News on HOW to Meet Legal and Regulatory Requirements
Who is Behind ACE and How to Subscribe

8. Get Help with Meeting the Standards and Requirements

Solutions for Continuously Meeting the Requirements of the Standards

Aged Care Law Monitor: Quarterly Report

A quarterly report that summarises key legal, regulatory and compliance changes for residential aged care. The report is designed to help aged care leaders and boards keep up with key changes.

Webinar Recording and Audit Tools

Access the webinar recording for: "Understanding the Gaps in Infection Control Plans that can put Residential Aged Care Facilities at Risk" as well as two Audit tools for Infection Control and Outbreak Management.

Briefing Paper: ‘Responding to COVID-19 / Coronavirus: Aged Care Guidelines’ briefing paper

This briefing paper outlines four key elements to include in your Home’s outbreak management plan:

Prevent: Infection prevention, detection and control planning
Prepare: Considerations include leadership, workforce management, training and competency, communication strategy and product supply management
Respond: Developing your outbreak management plan
Recovery: Evaluation once the outbreak has been contained

Coronavirus / COVID-19 Updated Simple List of Resources for Aged Care Providers:

Access an updated, curated list of resources to support Aged Care Providers during this time.

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

This website provides information about the work of the Royal Commission.

Briefing papers from the Aged Care Royal Commission

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Website

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission website

Aged Care Quality Standards Video

Resources to support the preparation for the new standards

Aged Care Standards Infographic

Click here to download an infographic that provides information about the compliance pressure points Aged Care facilities are facing.

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