Accreditation is the evaluation process in which aged care homes must undergo to continue receiving residential care subsidies from the Australian Government. An industry funded body called the AUSTRALIAN AGED CARE QUALITY AGENCY ( AACQA) is responsible for the accreditation of aged-care facilities, in line with the central federal government policy of self-regulation by industry.
ELEMENTS:
a) self-assessment by the home against the Accreditation standards
b) submission of an application for re-accreditation with or without the self-assessment
c) assessment by a team of registered aged care quality assessors at a site audit
d) a decision about the home's accreditation by a decision-maker
e) issue of an accreditation certificate
f) publication of the decision on the website
g) unannounced visits to monitor home's on-going performance.
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