The Accreditation Standards
What are the Accreditation Standards?
The Agency assesses the performance of residential aged care homes against the Accreditation Standards. The Accreditation Standards are legislated under the Quality of Care Principles 1997.
The Standards outline the expected standard of quality of care and quality of life to be provided to residents of residential aged care homes. There are four Standards and each Standard has an underlying principle. Within the four Standards, there are a total of 44 expected outcomes.
The four Standards are:
- Management systems, staffing and organisational development
- Health and personal care
- Resident lifestyle; and
- Physical environment and safe systems.
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What must residential aged care homes do to demonstrate compliance with the Accreditation Standards?
The Accreditation Standards do not dictate the ways in which care and services are to be provided by residential aged care homes. Rather, they describe the outcomes expected to be achieved. Consequently, residential aged care homes have diverse programs based on the assessed needs and preferences of their residents and they meet those needs in different ways.
