The Strengthened Standards guidance supports providers to comply with the strengthened Quality Standards. It also aims to promote best practice in service provision.
Aged care services vary in size and structure and have different ways of meeting the Standards. The draft guidance shows how providers can demonstrate they meet each Standard outcome.
This material is not a prescriptive guide. When we assess provider conformance against the Aged Care Quality Standards, we won’t expect that every provider will necessarily be taking each of the described actions. The actions you take to deliver high quality safe care will depend on the circumstances of your service and the needs of the people in your care. The material in this document can be used as a guide to achieving quality care outcomes in your organisation.
Click here to access the Strengthened Standards Provider Guidance
Please note that the Digital guidance tool is currently being updated with this refreshed material. We expect that it will be available to the sector in January 2025.
