The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has released a resource for registered providers supplying food to home care recipients.
With less than six weeks until the new conditions of registration, obligations and statutory duties related to the new Aged Care Act come into effect, the 38-page guide includes information on meal requirements, how to implement meal requirements, how to demonstrate compliance and additional planning information.
Meal requirements are meant to allow for flexible approaches to complying with the nutrition standards and are applicable to providers delivering meal services under registration categories 1 and 4.
Meal requirements apply to the following programs:
- Support at Home
- Commonwealth Home Support Program
- Multi-Purpose Service Program
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.
Community respite day outings with food provided by an external location, social support services delivered under the social support and community engagement service type, and meal preparations in an individual’s home are not within the scope of meal requirements.
Access the guide here.
