The Advance Care Directives Act 2013

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, 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…

We gave the Audit Timetable a refresh. Now you can clearly see what’s due and see where an audit is up to in the approval process.

Leisure, Health and Wellbeing, Hand Hygiene and Feedback Management

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, 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…