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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. 

As the national regulator of aged care services, we protect the health, safety and wellbeing of older Australians. We encourage people to contact us with any concerns or complaints about the quality or safety of aged care, or about our work. Our Service Charter explains what you can expect when you contact us or are contacted by us.

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.

Strengthened Quality Standard 1 underpins the way providers and staff should treat older people. It explains how important it is to understand that each older person is unique and has a different life story.

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.

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.

Strengthened Quality Standard 3 is about the way providers tailor care and services to each person. It's important to understand that the older person has the right to take risks and you need to plan care to support this.

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.

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.

Strengthened Quality Standard 5 describes the responsibilities of providers to deliver safe and quality clinical care. Good clinical care improves a person’s quality of life, independence, confidence and their feeling of purpose in daily life.

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.

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.

The purpose of this document is to show providers how the Quality Standards have been strengthened. This analysis is current as at 10 January 2024 and based on the draft strengthened Quality Standards as at 14 December 2023.

This draft guidance material is intended to support providers to comply with the strengthened Quality Standards. It also aims to promote best practice in service provision.  

The draft audit methodology provides insight into the guidance and framework used to assess provider performance against the strengthened Quality Standards.

This draft guidance material is intended to support providers to comply with the strengthened Quality Standards. It also aims to promote best practice in service provision.  

The evidence mapping framework gives insight into the evidence gathering processes, by providing a standardised set of targeted questions and examples of evidence.

This draft guidance material is intended to support providers to comply with the strengthened Quality Standards. It also aims to promote best practice in service provision.  

The tool supports providers to prepare for upcoming audits or can be used as a plan for continuous improvement.

This draft guidance material is intended to support providers to comply with the strengthened Quality Standards. It also aims to promote best practice in service provision.

The request for information gives insight into the information, documents and records that will be requested from a Category 4 and 5 provider prior and during an audit against the strengthened Quality Standard. 

This draft guidance material is intended to support providers to comply with the strengthened Quality Standards. It also aims to promote best practice in service provision.  

The request for information gives insight into the information, documents and records that will be requested from a Category 6 provider prior and during an audit against the strengthened Quality Standard.

This draft guidance material is intended to support providers to comply with the strengthened Quality Standards. It also aims to promote best practice in service provision.  

The glossary supports the draft strengthened Quality Standards Guidance documentation by explaining key terms. 

This guidance material supports workers in the delivery or person-centred quality care and outcomes. It also aims to promote best practice in service provision.

Pilot audit of the draft strengthened Quality Standards.

This resource is a guide to specific responsibilities for approved providers in relation to their governance arrangements.

This resource is a goal planning tool designed to support aged care providers in improving food, dining, nutrition, and consumer choice. It helps providers set objectives, track progress, and implement actions to enhance service quality, ensuring that people’s preferences and dietary needs are consistently met​. 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.