Resource library

Download the Commission's Aged Care Quality Standards imagery, including the Standards wheel and individual Standards icons. Includes terms of use.

A short video for aged care consumers, their families and representatives explaining the new Aged Care Quality Standards (Quality Standards) that began on 1 July 2019. Watch the video to see what the new Quality Standards mean in practice for you.

Note: This resource is not available for hard copy order.

A 30-minute Aged Care Quality Standards educational video for service providers.

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A fact sheet outlining the key changes impacting providers under the new Commission Rules, relating to the Aged Care Quality Standards (Quality Standards).

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission's Corporate Plan January to June 2019

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Statement of Intent 2019.

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Statement of Expectations 2019.

A downloadable chatterbox template to support aged care service providers and their consumers engage with the new Aged Care Quality Standards.

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This fact sheet outlines how the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission supports providers to resolve complaints.

Provider resolution involves us referring complaint issues that a complainant raises with us to a provider to resolve. Where possible, we choose this approach as it is often the best way to have concerns effectively resolved.

For more information see our Re-consideration and review of decisions page.

Important update:

The Commission traditionally welcomes applications for reaccreditation from residential aged care services up to 6 months prior to the accreditation expiry date of the service. This allows the Commission sufficient time to conduct the site audit process and complete a performance report. 

Includes Aged Care Quality Standards Self-Assessment Tool Template (available in DOCX and XLSX), as well as Guidance on Self-Assessment.

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A short video aimed at aged care providers to support them to prepare and take action to meet the new Aged Care Quality Standards.

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Key changes to accreditation and re-accreditation under the new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 and Rules.

Key changes to assessment contacts under the new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 and Rules.

Part of a fact sheet series related to Key changes under the new Commission Act and Rules

A new meaning of Commonwealth-funded aged care service was included in the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 (Commission Act) to more appropriately capture specific programs that are grant-based. This commenced on 1 January 2019.

This fact sheet series is related to Key changes under the new Commission Act and Rules.

The changes surrounding consent to access apply to every form of a visit to the premises of a service, whether for the purposes of re-accreditation, a quality review, a review audit or an assessment contact.

Part of a fact sheet series related to Key changes under the new Commission Act and Rules

Part of a fact sheet series related to Key changes under the new Commission Act and Rules

As part of the application for accreditation and re-accreditation, applicants must include ‘any other information or documents specified by the Commissioner’. This replaces the previous requirement for submission of self-assessment information. The new requirement covers self-assessment material as well as any other information or documents specified by the Commissioner.