Residential Aged Care - Sanctions and Notices of Non-Compliance
Current Sanctions: Queensland
Information relating to sanctions imposed by the Department of Health and Ageing on the approved providers (operators) of Commonwealth funded residential aged care facilities.
Summary of Facilities Under Sanctions Action
This site is amended weekly. This site was last reviewed on Thursday 2 July 2009.- Facility
- Dija Meta Aged and Disabled Hostel
- Facility Address
- 269-277 Hartley Street
CAIRNS
QLD 4870
- Approved Provider
- Aborigines and Islanders Alcohol Relief Service Ltd
- Sanctions Applied
- Sanction 1
Approval as an approved provider of aged care services revoked unless an adviser is appointed for a period of 6 months.
Sanction 2
Approval as an approved provider of aged care services revoked unless an administrator is appointed for a period of 6 months.
Sanction 3
No Australian Government funding for new care recipients for a period of 6 months.
- Date Sanction Imposed
- 31 March 2009
- Date Sanction Expires
- 30 September 2009
- Reason for Sanction
- The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency (the Agency) and The Department's Commonwealth Nursing Officers identified non-compliance which posed an immediate and severe risk to the health, safety and well-being of residents in the home.
Including: Inappropriate clinical care; lack of suitably qualified and skilled staff; poorly maintained and inadequate food processing equipment; increased risks of infection because of poorly maintained laundry and cleaning equipment; lack of effective call system impacting care provision and resident's safety.
- Current Status of Service
- The Department and the Aged Care Standards and the Accreditation Agency are continuing to monitor the service.
Administrator and Adviser in place.
The Service has appointed an adviser.
Sanctions in place.