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Quality Reporting

Community Care Common Standards and Quality Reporting Documentation

In this section:

The Community Care Common Standards have been developed jointly by the Australian Government and State and Territory Governments as part of broader community care reforms to develop common arrangements that help to simplify and streamline the way community care is delivered. The common standards draw together the differing community care standards into a single set of quality standards and have the benefit of reducing the administrative burden for service providers.

By agreement between the then Commonwealth Minister for Ageing and the Ministers with responsibility for community aged care in every State and Territory government, the Community Care Common Standards (the common standards) now apply to the following community aged care programs, with the date of effect being from 1 March 2011:

  • Home and Community Care (HACC)
  • Community Aged Care Packages (CACP)
  • Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH)
  • Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia (EACHD)
  • National Respite for Carers Program (NRCP)

This following section of the website provides down-loadable information about the Community Care Common Standards:

Community Care Common Standards Guide - PDF and HTML
- http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-publicat-commcare-standards.htm

Diagram showing the Community Care Common Standards and Expected Outcomes - PDF
- The Community Care Common Standards diagram (PDF 22 KB)

Community Care Common Standards - Poster - PDF
- Community Care Common Standards - Poster (PDF 392 KB)

Community Care Common Standards - Self Assessment Tool - DOC
This is a word version of Appendix 4 found within the Guide; it is available in PDF and HTML format above.
- Community Care Common Standards - Self Assessment Tool (Word 274 KB)
- http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-cccs-guide-toc~appendices~app4

Community Care Common Standards - Improvement Plan - DOC
This is a word version of Appendix 10 found within the Guide; it is available in PDF and HTML format above.
- Community Care Common Standards - Improvement Plan (Word 60 KB)
- http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-cccs-guide-toc~appendices~app10

Community Care Common Standards - Frequently Asked Questions - PDF and HTML
- Community Care Common Standards - Frequently Asked Questions
Hard copies of the Guide may be obtained from National Mailing and Marketing on 02 6269 1060 or by email: health@nationalmailing.com.au
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