Report showcases best-practice approaches to aged care
Keeping older people at the centre of all aspects of aged care is a key theme of feedback and recommendations...
Janet Anderson
Home care services under greater scrutiny
The aged care sector’s regulatory body is now assessing all services of home care providers in a single audit. The...
Comms, charges top home care complaints
Consultation and finances head the list of complaints received by the aged care regulatory body from in-home care clients, says...
Study the data and act, commissioner tells delegates
Regulatory body chief Janet Anderson urged delegates attending the Aged & Community Care Providers Association’s Queensland conference to study the...
Governance compliance a concern, says regulator
Aged care providers need to lift their game when it comes to governance, according to the latest sector performance report....
Home care complaints up
Complaints about home care services have risen slightly, a first-of-its-kind report from the regulator shows. Published by the Aged Care...
Regulator needs to better engage with sector, says report
The aged care watchdog needs to interact more with the sector, according to an independent review. Released on Friday, and...
Regulator can ban staff from sector
Aged care workers who engage in serious poor conduct or who are deemed unsuitable to work in the sector can...
Resources to support care partners
National Carers Week puts the spotlight on the 2.65 million Australians who provide care and support for loved ones, including...
Aged care consumer panel launched to inform regulator
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is recruiting aged care recipients and their relatives to share their ideas and...
Govt forum to update providers on responding to coronavirus
The federal health department is bringing experts and aged care stakeholders together in Canberra today to provide information on the...
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...