This Incident Management Guide consolidates best practice approaches based on literature reviews and the Australian states’ and territories’ incident management policies.
This guide provides the healthcare workforce with a concise overview of the incident management process and its underlying principles.
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Incident management guide (.pdf)
COVID Information update
• Booster clinics for residential aged care: Commonwealth vaccine administrators will contact you to confirm your in-reach service
• Rapid Antigen Testing
• PCR Testing and management of close contacts and positive cases
• Staff furlough policies
• Private hospital arrangements
• Australian Government support during an outbreak
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In this edition:
• Commissioner’s message
• Creating a quality experience for aged care residents
• Governing for Reform in Aged Care
• Are vitamins included in the polypharmacy quality indicator?
• New safety protocols for field visits
• COVID-19 update – Outbreak preparedness and vaccinations for home services workers
• Have your say on how we communicate with the home services sector
• From the Chief Clinical Advisor – Summer alert
• Alis – the year in review
• New and updated Commission resources
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Did you know there is a direct connection between style of governance, culture and leadership and the quality and safety of care received by older Australians?
As aged care leaders you have a role in a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build your team’s confidence and expertise in leading sector transformation.
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has launched a new initiative for aged care boards and executives to set the agenda for change investing in the skills, mindsets and capabilities to govern for reform.
Register now to find out how you can be involved in leading and rebuilding trust in the aged care sector.
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A list of new and updated resources – including apps, audio and video resources and other publications – about aged care.
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COVID-19 in Aged Care: Infection Prevention Control (IPC) (.pdf)
COVID-19 booster vaccination information for residential aged care workers (.pdf)
COVID-19 booster vaccination information for residents of aged care facilities (.pdf)
Commonwealth Permissions and Restrictions for Workers in Aged Care – Interim Guidance (.pdf)
COVID-19 vaccination – Consent guidance material for residential aged care (.pdf)
COVID-19 vaccination – Vaccine doses policy (.pdf)
Booster vaccination Information kit for residential aged care providers (.pdf)
Scope of vaccine services for the residential aged care booster program (.pdf)
2021 Basic Daily Fee Supplement (.pdf)
Aged care funding instrument (ACFI) monitoring report – September 2021 (.pdf)
Development of Aged Care Quality Indicators – Summary Report (.pdf)
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission new and updated resources.
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New consumers and restrictive practices – fact sheet (.pdf)
Notice of collection (.pdf)
Consumer engagement in aged care – Survey report (.pdf)
ACQSC Consumer engagement in aged care – Literature review (.pdf)
Working with aged care consumers – Resource (.pdf)
Reporting serious incidents: Practical tips for providers when making a notification (.pdf)
Sector Performance Data: 1 July to 30 September 2021 (.pdf)
What we learned from COVID-19 outbreaks in 2021 – fact sheet (.pdf)
SIRS provider roundtable outcomes summary (December 2021) (.pdf)
The Australian Government recognises the hard work of the in-home and community aged care sector throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and their continued efforts to provide necessary services to senior Australians to stay safely in their homes.
The Government is taking action to ensure adequate supply of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) for the community including those providing and receiving in-home care. The Government continues to assess the need for additional measures for high risk groups in light of the current Omicron outbreak.
Providers may choose to conduct testing of direct care home care workers as part of their COVID Safe plan, to ensure the ongoing provision of safe care for senior Australians. Home Care Package (HCP) providers who test home care workers can access support to cover the costs of purchasing RAT kits for this purpose.
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Published by: Victor Harcourt, Solomon Miller, Anita Courtney, Connor Farrell
As part of the federal government’s response to the Aged Care Royal Commission, a second update of legislative amendments have been proposed. The Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2021 (the Bill), which passed through the House of Representatives last year, will make changes to eight key areas, including the governance of approved providers (APs), the screening of aged care workers and governing persons of APs, a new code of conduct, and the extension of incident management and reporting.
While the Bill, if passed, will make changes to a wide range of areas, this article focuses only on the proposed changes to the governance requirements relating to the governing bodies and key personnel of APs as well as new powers of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner (Commissioner) to request information relating to refundable deposits or accommodation bonds (RADs) used to make loans.
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New governance and accountability requirements for approved providers
The department has developed additional fact sheets to help providers of Assistance with Care and Housing, Sector Support and Development and Specialised Support Services understand and prepare for the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) 2022 23 extension and transition to the Support at Home Program from 1 July 2023.
These fact sheets will be distributed to providers shortly as part of their indicative letter of offer for the 2022 23 extension.
The fact sheets are now also published on the department’s website:
• CHSP fact sheet – Assistance with Care and Housing providers
• CHSP fact sheet – Sector Support and Development providers
• CHSP fact sheet – Specialised Support Services providers
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Aged Care Alert: CHSP 2022-23 extension: Fact sheets available
CHSP fact sheet – Assistance with Care and Housing providers (.pdf)
CHSP fact sheet – Sector Support and Development providers (.pdf)
CHSP fact sheet – Specialised Support Services providers (.pdf)
NSW Health released new guidance for testing protocols for NSW residential aged care facilities (RACFs) with a COVID-19 outbreak or exposure. The purpose of the protocol is to provide a clear framework for testing requirements.
NSW Health may provide specific testing directions for COVID-19 exposures or outbreaks in residential aged care. However, the testing protocol provides a guidance framework to support RACFs to actively self-manage their testing requirements.
Consistent with the recent National Cabinet decision in relation to PCR testing requirements, the testing protocol makes recommendations in relation to both PCR testing and Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT).
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NSW Health releases new guidance for COVID testing protocols in RACFs
NSW Health – Protocol for RAT and PCR testing in residential aged care
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