Regis Lutwyche 5885

Accreditation decision

Following a site audit conducted on 13 February 2023 to 15 February 2023, the Commission made a decision on 28 March 2023 to re-accredit this service.

The period of accreditation of the service will expire on 28 March 2026.

Site audit Performance Report

A site audit was conducted with this service on 13 February 2023 to 15 February 2023.

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

15 June 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 15 December 2022.

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

Compliance update

Following an assessment contact conducted on 10 June 2020, the Commission made a decision that improvements have been made to the service to ensure that the Aged Care Quality Standards are complied with.

Non-compliance update

Following an assessment contact conducted on 9-10 March 2020, the Commission made a decision that the approved provider of the service is non-compliant with two requirements of the Aged Care Quality Standards.

Following an audit we decided that this service met 44 of the 44 expected outcomes of the Accreditation Standards and would be accredited for three years until 15 June 2022.

This is a new home and is accredited for one year until 15 June 2019. We made the decision on 15 June 2018.