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Seems the more you raise concerns about noncompliance in aged care, the harder they make it to find any data. The latest Non-Compliance decision log published on the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission's website states it contains all the noncompliance decisions from 1 July 2023 to 31 July 2024. When you open the doucment, it only contains details for one month (July 2024), not the 12 months the title suggests. What happened to the previous 11 months Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission? In just 4 weeks, 33 residential facilities failed to meet the basic minimum standards of accreditation. Just two examples: Merrimac Park Private Care - 3 star (acceptable) FAILED EVERYTHING on 19/06/2024 yet on the 28th of June their 3 star rating was confirmed Standard 1 Consumer dignity and choice  - FAILED              Standard 2 Ongoing assessment and planning with consumers  - FAILED Standard 3 Personal care and clinical care  - FAILED          Standard 4 Services and supports for daily living  - FAILED       Standard 5 Organisation’s service environment - FAILED        Standard 7 Human resources - FAILED                                             Standard 8 Organisational governance - FAILED What is acceptable about this outcome Anika Wells? Angie Bell this is in your electorate. Is this acceptable to you? St Ritas Nursing Home - 4 stars (GOOD) Failed accreditation on 5 July yet their star rating was last adjusted on 28 July AND INCREASED from 3 stars. Standard 1 Consumer dignity and choice - FAILED Standard 2 Ongoing assessment and planning with consumers - FAILED Standard 3 Personal care and clinical care  - FAILED Standard 7 Human resources - FAILED                        Standard 8 Organisational governance - FAILED While elsewehere on the website: The Non-compliance decision log for other responsibilities hasnt been updated since June 2023. Are we to believe there has been no non-compliance for over a year? #agedcare #agedcareaustralia #SmokeAndMirrors Older Persons Advocacy Network COTA Australia Ian Yates AM David Pocock Anne Ruston Monique Ryan Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Anne Connolly Hagar Cohen The Sydney Morning Herald The Courier-Mail

Read our latest blog post to learn about the recent 5th Circuit ruling on the ACA’s preventive care mandate as well as the draft 2024 forms for ACA reporting under Sections 6055 and 6056.

Read our latest blog post to learn about the recent 5th Circuit ruling on the ACA’s preventive care mandate as well as the draft 2024 forms for ACA reporting under Sections 6055 and 6056.

Read our latest blog post to learn about the recent 5th Circuit ruling on the ACA’s preventive care mandate as well as the draft 2024 forms for ACA reporting under Sections 6055 and 6056.

THE ROLE OF CONSUMER ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN AGED CARE The Aged Care Quality Commissioners webinar on Tuesday 21st May 2024 discussed the effectiveness and importance of the Consumer Advisor Committee. Some of the key points raised were as follows: #The committee should be a representation of those individuals who receive care and services. #All consumers receiving care should receive an open invitation to be part of the committee and provide feedback on the care and services that they receive. #Meetings should be held at least at least bimonthly and at a time that is convenient for the consumers to attend. #A procedure should be in place on how a provider will use the feedback received and respond to the committee whether it is in writing or in person. #No member of management should be present during the committee meetings to encourage residents to speak up without fear of any reprisals. #An example of items that can be discussed during these committee meetings are as follows: #Staffing - are the staff well trained, to do their jobs, and are they nice to you and others? #Feedback and Complaints – how does your service encourage your feedback and respond to any complaints or suggestions for improvement? #Safety – how does your service respond if something goes wrong? Do you feel safe? #Activities and recreation – do you enjoy the activities that are provided? Are there any activities, special events, or celebrations you would like your service to provide? Ask us how to establish, run, and monitor the effectiveness of your Consumer Advisory Committee, for further information please contact Steve Aivaliotis at 0418313303 or via email at steve@proactivecm.com.au

Advisory Boards for the Aged Care Sector Professional Development session 30 August 2024 Learn More: https://lnkd.in/gAiQCdw5 From 1 December 2023, Australian Aged Care providers are required to implement the new requirements of the Federal Government's ‘Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment’, requiring providers to strengthen how they consider the care needs, experiences, and voices of aged care residents. These new mandates require aged care providers to implement effective advisory board frameworks in two areas: quality care and consumers. Every aged care governing body will be required to consider and respond to reports from an advisory body with appropriate experience in providing care. Consumers must also be given the opportunity to give the provider feedback about the quality of their aged care through a consumer advisory board. The Advisory Board Centre, the leading professional body for the advisory board sector, has been proactive in supporting the new reforms so providers can move beyond mere compliance and implement impactful advisory structures that make a positive difference for individual consumers and the aged care community at large. Explore our professional development programs for Aged Care industry executives and board members here: https://lnkd.in/gAiQCdw5 #advisoryboards #agedcare #certifiedchair #bestpractice

Here is another great example of how the aged care regulatory system currently works (or doesnt work). Allanvale Private Nursing Home in Victoria. According to the current non-compliance register on 1 November 2023, the service is non-compliant in the following Quality Standards: Standard 1 Consumer dignity and choice                           Standard 2 Ongoing assessment and planning with consumers   Standard 3 Personal care and clinical care                        Standard 4 Services and supports for daily living               Standard 5 Organisation’s service environment               Standard 6 Feedback and complaints                                  Standard 7 Human resources                                         Standard 8 Organisational governance There is no documented compliance action by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission on the register following this result. The absence of any formal compliance action by the regulator means that the non-compliance is hidden from the general public and not reflected in the star rating system. The Star Rating system was updated in December 2023, January 2024 and most recently on 26 February 2024. The service is rated 3 star - acceptable and it has a 4 star compliance rating. If this is acceptable, we need a new regulator. #agedcare #agedcareaustralia #regulation #quality #failure Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Aged Care Reform Now Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care Anika WellsJanet Rice Office of Senator Jordon Steele-John David Pocock Monique Ryan COTA Australia Older Persons Advocacy Network Ian Yates AM Aged & Community Care Providers Association Gwenda Darling Charles Maskell-Knight Anne Connolly Henry Belot

Read our latest blog post to learn about the recent 5th Circuit ruling on the ACA’s preventive care mandate as well as the draft 2024 forms for ACA reporting under Sections 6055 and 6056.

The bottom line issue here is not doctors (& nurses) versus managers & leaders. ⭕️ It's integrity vs lack of integrity⭕️ The key is for people to join together across boundaries & fully involve #patients. The toxic #leadership behaviours exhibited in the #postoffice scandal are rife in the UK #health & care systems, & around the world. The victimisation of #healthcare #whistleblowers is not just confined to doctors & nurses, and it is a symptom of a much wider problem. When staff who blow the whistle are ignored, silenced & blacklisted it falls to patients relatives & carers to do this. At great cost. Thanks to Janet Eastham for this great article. There's so much needed to make our health & care services safe. We have to face the facts: ⭕️ There is no individual legal ##dutyofcandour (that's a duty to tell the truth) ⭕️ Our laws don't protect #whistleblowers ⭕️ There are unlimited (public) funds available to punish anyone who speaks up ⭕️ Cronyism is rife ⭕️ Blacklisting is common practice ⭕️ The NHS marks its own homework ⭕️ We tolerate substandard care ⭕️ This decline in standards has been going on for decades, in plain sight NHS England WhistleblowersUK Department of Health and Social Care Department for Business and Trade Henrietta Hughes Care Quality Commission Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Healthwatch England The Patients Association Citizens Advice Patient Safety Learning Wes Streeting MP Rob Behrens CBE Will Powell NHS Leadership Academy 💙 Protect Parrhesia Whistleblowers of America ##healthleadership #NHS #law #ethics #accountability #patientsafety #socialcare #nurses #doctors #hospitals #robbieslaw

Read our latest blog post to learn about the recent 5th Circuit ruling on the ACA’s preventive care mandate as well as the draft 2024 forms for ACA reporting under Sections 6055 and 6056.