The Advance Care Directives Act 2013

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…

Thank you for participating, here are the results! https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-KWLGR92Q8/

Dear Members, As of today we have deployed a second major release to our audits. These updates are the result of hundreds of hours working together. The ACQA committee thanks new and existing members for their contribution. Access to these audits will no doubt assist our members in rapidly transitioning to the new Standards. You can…

Dear Members, Gail Harding represented ACQA feedback, concerns and suggestions to the the Staffing Ratio Disclosure Inquiry earlier today. Details of our submission are now available on our new website. https://www.acqa.org.au/2018/10/26/acqa-submission-to-staffing-ratio-disclosure/ Special thanks to all those who contributed their thoughts and insights via our feedback survey and directly to the Committee. We appreciate your input….

Dear Members, In January we made a change to the timetable for Feedback Management to help level out the audit workloads. In a recent update, we inadvertently rolled back those timetable changes. This issue may mean that you may have missed the Feedback Management audit which is scheduled for last month. As of today, we…

Presentation sides from the 2016 Annual ACQA Conference are now available for download. To download the slides, please click on the relevant link below: Medicine Wise – Scott Boerth, Clinical Pharmacist, Healthwise Medication Services Delirium Depression Dementia – Matt Kowald, General Manager Residential Services, Barossa Village Best Practice in Managing the Use of Social Media…