It will be a big year for Aged Care organisations in 2018

Since the announcement by Minister Ken Wyatt on October 25 2017, there has been some confusion expressed by our clients about what spot audits means given there are unannounced visits that are currently part of the accreditation processes. 

The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency has a brief explanation of this on their website. 

"The current re-accreditation audit program based on existing arrangements of notified site audits will be replaced by audits without notice to providers"

 The introduction of unannounced visits, implementation of the new Single Aged Care Standards and the probable introduction of other recommendations from the Review National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processs will prove very challenging for many Aged Care organisations.

 To read more follow the links below.

The announcement of unannounced audits followed formal release by Minister Wyatt of the Carnell Paterson Review of National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes. 

Minister WyattStatement Unannounced Visits 

The Government is considering the Review’s recommendations in the context of broader aged care reform. Review National Aged Care Regulatory Processes

Moving to unannounced visits AACQA