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This fact sheet explains how the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Commission) responds to concerns or complaints about the behaviour of an aged care worker.

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (the Commission) undertakes a range of regulatory activities to monitor compliance and mitigate risk to aged care consumers. The Commission has incorporated spot check monitoring of infection control practice into its usual regulatory activities. You can find more information about Infection control spot checks here. 

As a volunteer you are part of the aged care workforce and play a key part in supporting older Australians.

This resource provides insights into food, dining, and nutrition in residential aged care services. It is based on a survey conducted to understand residents’ dining experiences, preferences, and the quality of food and service provided. The findings highlight the importance of fresh, familiar meals, flexible mealtimes, and a homelike dining environment to enhance the quality of life for older people. This resource may refer to information that will be updated from 1 July 2025 to align with the new Aged Care Act and Quality Standards. 

The Code of Conduct for Aged Care – training PowerPoint is a presentation that trainers can download, customise and use to teach their workers about the Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code).

The training resource:

• offers an overview of the Code
• supports an exploration of the Code and its 8 elements
• is designed to support reflective discussions about the Code and how it applies in practice. 

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The case studies for approved providers and their workers have been designed to inform and educate the workforce about the 8 elements of the Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code). A range of case studies provide examples both consistent and inconsistent with the Code.

The case studies for consumers have been designed to inform consumers and their families about the new Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code). The resource explores the 8 elements of the Code, listing some examples of expected behaviour for each element, as well as a case study example.

This document contains a summary of all available resources for Code of Conduct for Aged Care.

This video is to give consumers, their representatives and families an overview of the Code of Conduct in Aged Care. It describes the behaviour expected of aged care providers, their governing persons (e.g. board members and Chief Executive Officers) and aged care workers. It describes how providers and the people who provide your care must behave and treat you.
 

This video introduces the Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code) to aged care workers and approved aged care providers.

Transcript of 'Code of Conduct for Aged Care'

This guide for workers provides a quick introduction to the new Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code). It includes a weblink and QR code to find out more on the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s website.

This resource is available in 25 different languages including: Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Dinka, Farsi, French, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Pashto, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

This poster provides a quick introduction to the new Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code). It includes a weblink and QR code to find out more on the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s website.

This Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) fact sheet covers the reporting of incidents relating to Reportable incidents: unlawful sexual contact or inappropriate sexual conduct. The fact sheet has been developed for providers of home services.

This resource for aged care consumers is a guide to the Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code).

This guide for consumers and their families provides a quick introduction to the new Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code). It includes contact information for concerns and complaints and where to go for more information.

This resource is available in 25 different languages including: Arabic, Armenian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

 

This poster provides a quick introduction to the new Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code). It provides contact information for concerns and complaints and where to go for more information.

This checklist highlights the suite of support materials available to assist approved providers to understand their obligations under the Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code).

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Code of Conduct for Aged Care (the Code) for approved aged care providers.

This document contains responses to questions asked during our Code of Conduct for Aged Care webinars.