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…
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…
Today we have launched our new Aged Care Risk Management modules! This self-contained, easy to use tool is available and ready for you to explore now in your left hand menu. To find out more, go to our website, or register now for the free webinar to learn more.
Updates to use of alcohol based hand rub in food preparation areas.
In case you missed it, you can now access printable reports from the left hand menu. Try it now!
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…
Dear Members, We are pleased to announce that we now support Auditing across all sectors covered by the incoming Single Quality Framework. In addition to our Residential Aged Care Audits, we are introducing a complete separate set of Audits, covering Homecare and Assisted Living. Practically-speaking, providers using these Audits will have a separate site set…
Dear Members, Today we have made a minor update to the timetable for Medication Management. Previously, Feedback Management** was scheduled for April and September. Today we have moved the April audit back to March to help level out workloads and make the audit schedule more consistent across the board. To ensure that your current timetable…
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…
