The June ACQA Network Meeting will be held on Fri the 4th June at the Arkaba Hotel cmmencing at 1030am

This magazine is now avaialble on the JBI website. ACQA members may like to read page 30.

http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pacesetters

The 2nd World Wide Evidence-based Newsletter produced by the Joanna Briggs Institute is now available on the ACQA website for members.

The Joanna Briggs collaboration newsletter

The APRIL 2010 ACQA Network Meeting will be held on Fri the 9th at the Arkaba Hotel cmmencing at 1030am.

Members will be given feedback on the progress with the Joanna Briggs Institiute (JBI) Callaboration with ACQA.

A speaker from Joanna Briggs will be attending to provide feedback on the new JBI Aged Care Connect Webstite.

Please advise Trish at quality@acqa.org.au if you will be attending.

The Aged Care Quality Association is pleased to be able to offer an audit service to both members and non members. ACQA now has a number of qualified registered external aged care assessors who can conduct independent audits against the Aged Care Accreditation Standards at residential aged care facilities.

Consultancy audits prepare the residential aged care facility for desk audits, site audits and review audits against Accreditation Standards conducted by the Aged care Standards and Accreditation Agency. It also provides other types of aged care facilities the opportunity to benchmark their care and services against the Aged Care Standards in preparation for their auditing process.

ANYBODY who has visited a nursing home knows how unpleasant they can be, so it was a real joy to hear of one in Ireland that has a tavern on the premises.

More than 200 frail and elderly nursing home residents in the Northern Territory may be at risk by nursing homes failing to meet regulations for fire sprinklers, fire doors and alarms.

A new 60-place aged care home at Huntfield Heights, focussing on care for people living with dementia, was officially opened today by the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop.

Older Greek and Italian people targeted by fall prevention program

Older people from Greek and Italian backgrounds in South Australia are the prime targets in a falls prevention program launched today in Adelaide by the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop.