Associate Professor in Ageing and Health, Lee-Fay Low developed the interactive map to find out whether the new Aged Care Quality Standards – introduced in July 2019, nine months ago, were having an effect and where providers are falling short.
You can check out the map HERE.
As you can see, there seems to be no pattern to the non-compliance notices and sanctions.
Dr Low – who has previously received funding from aged care providers and collaborates with several different aged care organisations – notes that the number dropped in the first six months.
However, she puts this down to assessors visiting fewer aged care homes and still learning to interpret the new Standards.
The researcher also points out that more breaches of non-compliance in the “dignity and choice” standard have been picked up.
“Based on the first six months of non-compliance and sanctions data for the new aged care standards, we cannot be confident the new standards are ensuring nursing homes provide higher quality care,” she concludes. “We await more data.”
