Homestead Estate Residential Aged Care 3594

Assessment contact Performance Report
An assessment contact was conducted with this service on 27 June 2024.
The attached Performance Report details the assessment of performance against the Aged Care Quality Standards following the assessment contact.

Accreditation decision
Following a site audit conducted on 20 February 2024 to 22 February 2024, the Commission made a decision on 13 March 2024 to re-accredit this service.
The period of accreditation of the service will expire on 27 April 2027.

Site audit Performance Report
A site audit was conducted with this service on 20 February 2024 to 22 February 2024.
The attached Performance Report details the assessment of performance against the Aged Care Quality Standards following the site audit.

Accreditation decision

Following a site audit conducted on 03 March 2021 to 05 March 2021, the Commission made a decision on 27 April 2021 to re-accredit this service.

The period of accreditation of the service will expire on 27 April 2024.

Site audit Performance Report

A site audit was conducted with this service on 03 March 2021 to 05 March 2021.

The attached Performance Report details the assessment of performance against the Aged Care Quality Standards following the site audit.

Exceptional Circumstances

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has temporarily modified our Regulatory Program, including the suspension of site audits to determine whether to accredit, not to re-accredit or vary the periods of accreditation for a service. 

In order to give effect to continuity of accreditation the Department of Health has, under Section 42.5 of the Aged Care Act 1997, made a decision to grant ‘exceptional circumstances’ to this service until 12 July 2021.

The service remains subject to compliance monitoring by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

Exceptional Circumstances

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has temporarily modified our Regulatory Program, including suspension of site audits to determine whether to accredit, not to re-accredit or vary the periods of accreditation for a service.

In order to give effect to continuity of accreditation the Department of Health has, under Section 42.5 of the Aged Care Act 1997, made a decision to grant ‘exceptional circumstances’ to this service until 12 January 2021.

The service remains subject to compliance monitoring by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

Non-compliance monitoring update

Following an assessment contact conducted on 27 February 2020, at Homestead Estate Residential Aged Care, the Commission made a decision that the approved provider of the service is non-compliant with two requirements of the Aged Care Quality Standards.

Serious risk decision

Following an Assessment Contact conducted on 20 November 2019, a delegate of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner made a finding that The Leaper Corporation Pty Ltd failed to meet one Aged Care Quality Standard (Quality Standards) in relation to Homestead Estate Residential Aged Care.

On 17 December 2019 a decision was made that failure to meet one Quality Standard has placed the safety, health or well-being of aged care consumers of the service at serious risk. The Department of Health has been notified of the risk.

Serious risk is not an ongoing state; it is a statutory decision based on evidence at a point in time.

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission will continue to monitor the performance of the service including through unannounced visits.

Non-compliance update

Following an assessment contact conducted on 20 November 2019, the Commission made a decision that the approved provider of the service is non-compliant with 3 requirements of the Aged Care Quality Standards.

Following an audit we decided that this home met 44 of the 44 expected outcomes of the Accreditation Standards and would be accredited for three years until 12 July 2020.

Following an audit we decided that this home met 44 of the 44 expected outcomes of the Accreditation Standards and would be accredited for three years until 12 July 2017.