Scores of new provider applications fail
More than 40 new home care applications were denied approval or pulled, according to the quality commission’s latest performance report....
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Lack of communication tops home care complaints
Lack of communication between home care providers and consumers is the most common cause of complaints to the aged care...
Janet Anderson to head quality and safety regulator for three more years
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner Janet Anderson has been reappointed for three more years, with the aged care services...
Watchdog surveys consumers about home care during COVID
The aged care regulator is reaching out directly to consumers for the first time to gain an insight into home...
Commission reaches out to home care providers
Home care providers will be contacted this month by officers from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to discuss...
$100 million for aged care coronavirus support
Greg Hunt, Scott Morrison and Professor Brendan Murphy announcing over $100 million in funding for aged care as part of...
New resources explain quality standards through pictures
Aged Care Quality Standards storyboard on quality standard 8 - organisational governance The quality and safety commission has developed a...
Quality regulator becomes aged care’s one-stop shop
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is now the single regulator of aged care services and the primary point...
Quality commissioner granted new powers
The role of aged care's regulator has been expanded to include oversight of approving all aged care providers and all...
Stakeholders using quality standards on the go
The Aged Care Quality Standards app has been downloaded nearly 1,500 times Almost 1,500 people have downloaded the Aged Care...
Home care providers to face consumer reporting
Consumer reporting for home and community-based aged care services is set to come into force in June. The Aged Care...
Unscrupulous home care operators on notice
The government will review whether it is necessary to tighten registration requirements for home care providers following allegations of price-gouging,...