Mercy Place Albury 2667

Accreditation decision
Following a site audit conducted on 04/06/2024 to 06/06/2024, the Commission made a decision on 25/07/2024 to re-accredit this service.
The period of accreditation of the service will expire on 31/08/2026

Site audit Performance Report
A site audit was conducted with this service on 04/06/2024 to 06/06/2024.
The attached Performance Report details the assessment of performance against the Aged Care Quality Standards following the site audit.

Assessment contact Performance Report

An assessment contact was conducted with this service on 21 June 2023 to 22 June 2023.

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 05 July 2022 to 08 July 2022, the Commission made a decision on 31 August 2022 to re-accredit this service.

The period of accreditation of the service will expire on 31 August 2024.

Site audit Performance Report

A site audit was conducted with this service on 05 July 2022 to 08 July 2022.

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 03 January 2023.

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 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 03 June 2022.

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

Compliance monitoring update

An assessment contact was conducted by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Commission) on 25 February 2020, at Mercy Place – Albury to monitor the service’s progress in meeting the Accreditation Standards. The Commission found the service complies with all Accreditation Standards.

Following a site audit the Commission made a decision on 20 November 2019 that this service met five of the eight Aged Care Quality Standards. The service is re-accredited for two years until 03 January 2022.

Compliance monitoring update

An assessment contact was conducted by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Commission) on 16 January 2019 June 2019 at Mercy Place - Albury to monitor the service’s progress in meeting the Accreditation Standards. The Commission found the service complies with all Accreditation Standards.

Following an audit we decided that this home met 40 of the 44 expected outcomes of the Accreditation Standards and would be accredited for one year until 03 January 2020.

Serious risk decision

On 26 October 2018 a delegate of the CEO of the Quality Agency made a decision in relation to Mercy Place - Albury that failure to meet one expected outcome in the Accreditation Standards has placed the safety, health or well-being of a care recipient of the service at serious risk.

An assessment contact was conducted on 16 January 2019 at Mercy Place - Albury to monitor the service’s progress. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission found the service complies with all Accreditation Standards.

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

 

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 03 May 2018.

This decision has been reconsidered and as a result the period of accreditation for this home will now expire on 03 January 2019.  The reconsideration decision and audit report is attached.

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 03 May 2018.