Federal Parliament has expanded the application of aged care COVID-19 vaccination reporting requirements to now include residential care services, certain flexible care services and home care services.
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New Aged Care Vaccination Recording and Reporting Requirements
Amendments to the National Aged Care Records Principles have commenced, setting out new vaccination reporting and record keeping requirements for certain aged care services.
Read MoreNew National ‘Serious Incident Response Scheme’ Targeting Elder Abuse
This article applies to all ‘approved providers’ of Commonwealth funded aged care services. Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Serious Incident Response Scheme and Other Measures) Act 2021 (Cth) Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Serious ...
Read MoreNew Aged Care Single Quality Framework
From 1 July 2019, approved providers of Commonwealth funded aged care will be assessed against a new set of Aged Care Quality Standards. Here’s what approved providers need to know.
Read MoreRetirement Villages Reform in QLD
New reforms to the retirement villages scheme in QLD introduced as part of the 'Queensland Housing Strategy' will improve consumer protection and ensure fairness and transparency between retirement village operators and residents.
Read MoreNew Quality Standards For Aged Care Providers
The Aged Care (Single Quality Framework) Reform Bill 2018 (Cth) will introduce a single set of aged care standards that will apply to all approved providers. These new Aged Care Quality Standards will replace the existing standards
Read MoreNew Influenza Vaccination Requirements in Residential Care
Recent amendments to the Aged Care Principles have introduced new obligations for approved providers of aged care to implement an influenza vaccination scheme for their staff and volunteers.
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