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We’re again collaborating with the Department of Health and Aged Care to deliver the second round of a free national Menu and Mealtime Review Program for res

We have published our latest sector complaints report - Complaints about aged care services – Year in review (July 2023-June 2024).

The Australian Government has introduced the Aged Care Bill to parliament.

Inadequate wound management is one of the most common clinical complaints received by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (the Commission). This Wound Awareness Week (2-8 September), the Commission is reminding aged care providers of their responsibility to ensure good clinical governance that supports effective wound management.

We have extended the public consultation period for the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards draft guidance documents from 30 April to 19 May 2024.

On Tuesday 23 April, the Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care, Ian Yates AM, and Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner, Janet Anderson PSM, signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

We have released a suite of fact sheets to help providers understand the new strengthened Quality Standards.

We’re collaborating with the Department of Health and Aged Care to deliver a free national Menu and Mealtime Review Program for residential aged care service

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is committed to guiding the aged care sector in the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programs which form a major part of the global push to address the serious and ongoing issue of antimicrobial resistance.

We are consulting on our draft guidance resources to help providers, aged care workers and other stakeholders to understand the

The 2019–20 Australian bushfires caused extensive damage. IRT Aged Care Homes was one of many aged care providers affected. In this case study, their Executive General Manager discusses the impact on residents, their emergency management approach and some lessons that changed the way they will manage bushfire emergencies in the future.

Incident at Yallambee Lodge, Cooma NSW - Statement from Janet Anderson PSM, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner

Statement from Janet Anderson PSM, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner

The Albanese Government has received the independent Capability Review of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

Revision of the Quality Standards was a key recommendation of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The Department of Health and Aged Care is in the process of finalising its review and advising Government of the outcomes including a strengthened set of Quality Standards.

The Department of Health and Aged Care is conducting a public consultation for the revised Aged Care Quality Standards from 17 October – 25 November 2022. Everyone connected to the aged care sector – aged care recipients, families and carers, providers, workers, experts and peaks – is encouraged to attend the department’s online consultation launch webinar on Monday 17 October, from 1:00–3:00 pm AEDT.

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability identified that psychotropic medicines are being misused and overused, particularly with older people and people with disability. Inappropriate use of psychotropic medicines has been recognised as a safety and quality issue in health care. The use of psychotropic medicines can be appropriate for treating, or enabling the treatment of, a diagnosed mental disorder or a physical illness or physical condition. However, using psychotropic medicines, such as antipsychotics and benzodiazepines, to calm, soothe, sedate or influence or control the behaviour of people who exhibit behaviours of concern is a restrictive practice and is subject to regulatory oversight.

The national Aged Care Quality Standards have been in effect since 1 July 2019 following an extensive consultation process.