Organisations or persons must complete the Audit Evidence Collection Tool (AECT) – Registration as part of the initial registration audit. This is compulsory for organisations or persons applying for registration in categories 4, 5 and 6 from 1 July 2025.
The registration audit helps us to understand if the organisation or person can conform with the related strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
We use this tool to collect evidence about:
Draft Audit Evidence Collection Tool (AECT) – Registration (XLSX 456.83 KB)
Providers must complete the Audit Evidence Collection Tool (AECT) – Renewal as part of a renewal audit in registration categories 4, 5 and 6. This is compulsory for providers from 1 November 2025.
Providers only need to complete this tool once as part of the audit program.
The renewal audit helps us to understand if the provider can conform with the related strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
We use this tool to collect evidence about:
Draft Audit Evidence Collection Tool (AECT) – Renewal (XLSX 423.41 KB)
Providers must complete the Audit Evidence Collection Tool (AECT) – Variation as part of a variation audit, where they are asking to add categories 4, 5 or 6 to their registration. This is compulsory for providers from 1 November 2025.
The variation audit helps us to understand if the provider can conform with the related strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
We use this tool to collect evidence about:
Draft Audit Evidence Collection Tool (AECT) – Variation (XLSX 458.78 KB)
Providers must complete this tool as part of a renewal audit in registration categories 4 and 5.
We will identify a targeted sample of care delivery locations (Category 4 & 5). You will be notified of this sample and the CDECT – Care delivery location must only be completed for these targeted sample locations.
We use this tool to collect evidence about care and services delivered in a home or community setting.
DISCLAIMER
Providers must complete this tool as part of a renewal audit in registration category 6.
The CDECT – Residential must be completed once for each category 6 service.
We use this tool to collect evidence about the residential care home.
DISCLAIMER
The new Aged Care Act will commence from 1 November 2025 and replaces existing aged care legislation. The Aged Care Rules 2025 will support the new Aged Care Act and provide further information on how the Act will work.
This strengthened Quality Standards activity pack is designed for providers to deliver to their own staff. This pack can be delivered in full or used as a series of lesson plans for sessions on applying each of the strengthened Standards to your residential services setting.
Under the new Act, registered providers will need to meet certain governance obligations.
Our Provider Governance Policy outlines our expectations of providers and guiding principles of good governance. It includes:
- definitions and principles of good governance
- provider governance obligations
- how we collect provider governance information
- how we respond to provider governance risks.
Provider Governance Policy (PDF 1.1 MB)
These workplace standards posters demonstrate the strengthened Standards and what they mean for aged care providers and workers. You can print these out and display them around your workplace.
First Nations – Workplace poster – Standard 3 Care and services (PDF 408.74 KB)
These workplace standards posters demonstrate the strengthened Standards and what they mean for aged care providers and workers. You can print these out and display them around your workplace.
First Nations – Workplace poster – Standard 4 The environment (PDF 410.79 KB)
These workplace standards posters demonstrate the strengthened Standards and what they mean for aged care providers and workers. You can print these out and display them around your workplace.
First Nations – Workplace poster – Standard 5 Clinical care (PDF 399.69 KB)
These workplace standards posters demonstrate the strengthened Standards and what they mean for aged care providers and workers. You can print these out and display them around your workplace.
These workplace standards posters demonstrate the strengthened Standards and what they mean for aged care providers and workers. You can print these out and display them around your workplace.
These workplace standards posters demonstrate the strengthened Standards and what they mean for workers in residential aged care. You can print these out and display them around your workplace.
First Nations - Workplace poster - Standard 6 Food and nutrition (PDF 422.08 KB)
Yarning about your aged care (PDF 493.31 KB)
The storyboards use pictures to explain aged care, your rights and what to do if your rights aren’t being met.
How the Commission can help you – visual storyboard (PDF 495.09 KB)
We’ve developed a tailorable poster for you to edit with your own local details, and print and display at community notice boards or waiting areas.
If you’re thinking about accessing aged care services for you or your family, this guide will help you talk to family, friends and community about aged care and your rights.
Conversation Guide – Yarning about aged care (PDF 1.94 MB)
The storyboards use pictures to explain aged care, your rights and what to do if your rights aren’t being met.
Aged care and your rights – visual storyboard (PDF 493.13 KB)
We visit aged care services as part of our role as the national regulator. Visits are an opportunity for us to work with providers to make sure older people are getting the best care possible.
This flyer explains what you can expect when we visit, including:
- what happens we when visit
- what you can expect from us
- what can you do to ensure a successful visit.
What to expect when we visit (PDF 225.31 KB)
This resource is for aged care workers and provides an overview of how we regulate the aged care sector.
Regulatory Strategy placemat for aged care workers (PDF 505.02 KB)
