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The new Financial and Prudential Standards will be introduced with the commencement of the new Aged Care Act. The new Standards set out the minimum requirements for good financial and prudential management of registered aged care providers. Registered providers must comply with the Financial and Prudential Standards that apply to them as a condition of their registration.

The new Financial and Prudential Standards will be introduced with the new Aged Care Act. The new Standards set out the minimum requirements for good financial and prudential management of registered aged care providers.

Financial and Prudential Standards – consultation draft – this is the latest version of the draft legislation which outlines the proposed requirements for providers 

This calculator informs registered providers of the minimum level of liquid assets they are required to hold calculated based on Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) financial statements.               

These conversation cards will help you engage workers with key concepts in each Standard.  Workers can use the questions on each card as prompts for explaining how they apply the Standards in practice.  

These black and white versions of our conversation cards will help you engage workers with key concepts in each Standard.  Workers can use the questions on each card as prompts for explaining how they apply the Standards in practice.  

This is handy checklist will help providers and workers understand their obligations under the Strengthened Standards and will also provide links to other resources on the Quality Standards.   

We have released a suite of fact sheets to help providers, aged care workers, and other stakeholders understand the new strengthened Quality Standards and their obligations in meeting them .

The strengthened Quality Standards will come into effect in line with the commencement of the new Aged Care Act.

This fact sheet is a quick reference guide which gives providers an overview of why there are different registration categories, what this means for them in practice, and how they can support your workers.

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on topics: workforce planning, competency-based training, and monitoring and review of worker performance.    

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on the topics: antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial stewardship; and infection prevention and control.  

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on the topics: autonomy; needs, goals and preferences; and partnership.  

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on the topic: environment risk.  

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on topics: continuous improvement, strategic planning, enterprise risk, governance, emergency and disaster management, and information management systems.   

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on the topics: partnerships in care; quality of life; goals of care; and the care and services plan.  

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on the topics: infection prevention and control, hygiene safety and outbreak management.  

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on the topic: open disclosure.  

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on the topics: needs goals and preferences; activities of daily living; partnerships; and supported decision making.    

The strengthened Quality Standards storyboards provide pictorial representations of what different topics from the standards look like in practice. They have been developed for a rural and remote context to assist older people, staff and other people interacting with aged care services to understand how the Standards apply in a day-to-day context.

This storyboard focuses on the topics: end-of-life, end-of-life planning conversations and advance care planning.