Legal & Compliance

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has released two critical resources for aged care providers that will help organisations and leaders strengthen their readiness before 1 July to implement the new Aged Care Act and Support at Home program.

The Aged Care Act 2024, set to take effect on 1 July 2025, introduces significant reforms aimed at enhancing the quality and safety of aged care services.

A detailed national audit has uncovered wide variability in the structure and function of Medication Advisory Committees across Australia’s residential aged care sector, highlighting urgent opportunities to strengthen medication governance.

With the new Aged Care Act commencing in less than two months, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s Compliance Management leader, Peter Edwards, said the Commission is focused on building a sector that’s invested in self-assurance and understands its own risk.

As the sector prepares for the implementation of the new Aged Care Act on 1 July, providers across the country are ramping up efforts to ensure they’re ready for operational transformation. But just how much is expected to change? And how well prepared can you be when information is missing and key processes remain unclear? […]

The Department of Health and Aged Care has delivered a timely update about the Aged Care Act’s new regulatory framework, exploring the fundamental elements of the new Act, and some of the sector’s burning questions — and frustrations.

Residential care providers have been handed a hammer blow to care minute calculations after a Department of Health and Aged Care webinar crystallised the definition of Personal Care Workers (PCWs) that could severely impact how staff responsibilities are managed.

​The forthcoming Aged Care Act introduces monumental regulatory changes likely to create additional financial and compliance pressures for providers.

Significant changes to the Multi-Purpose Service Program (MPSP) will take effect as part of the Australian Government’s broader commitment to strengthening aged care across rural and remote communities.

For aged care providers, the reforms are more than just a compliance exercise — they require a cultural and operational shift to ensure care is not only delivered but delivered well, consistently, and in alignment with new expectations.