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Archived Sanctions
Summary of Services previously under Sanctions Action

Service Name:
Albany Gardens Nursing Centre

Street Address:
55 Faheys Road West
ALBANY CREEK, QLD 4035

Approved Provider:
Shownoff Pty Ltd

Sanctions Applied:
Sanction 1
No Australian Government funding for new care recipients for a period of 6 months.

Sanction 2
Approval as an approved provider of aged care services revoked unless an adviser is appointed for a period of 6 months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
04/07/2008

Date Sanction Expires:
03/01/2009

Reason for Sanction:
Serious Risk across Standard 1 and Standard 2.

Current Status of Service:
The Department and the Aged Care Standards and the Accreditation Agency are continuing to monitor the service.

The Service has appointed an adviser.

On 18 July 2008, the Agency advised that serious risk had been mitigated.

Sanctions 1 and 2 lifted on 16 December 2008.

Top of pageService Name:
Netherlands Retirement Village

Street Address:
62 Collingwood Road
BIRKDALE, QLD 4159

Approved Provider:
The Netherlands Retirement Village Assn of Qld Inc

Sanctions Applied:
Sanction 1
Approval as an Approved Provider of aged care services revoked unless an administrator is appointed for a period of 12 months.

Sanction 2
No Australian Government funding for new residents for a period of six months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
07/04/2006

Date Sanction Expires:
07/04/2007

Reason for Sanction:
The Approved Provider did not comply with all its responsibilities in relation to Accreditation Standards.

The Agency identified serious risk; the Department determined that there was an immediate and severe risk to the health, safety, or well-being of residents.

Current Status of Service:
On 7 April 2007, Sanction 1 (approval as an approved provider revoked unless an administrator appointed for 12 months) expired.

On 7 October 2006, Sanction 2 (no Government funding for new residents) expired.

Top of pageService Name:
Sir Charles Adermann Nursing Home

Street Address:
Foley Street
BONGAREE, QLD 4507

Approved Provider:
Churches of Christ in Queensland

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
No Commonwealth funding for new residents for a period of 6 months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
15/04/2003

Date Sanction Expires:
17/05/2003

Reason for Sanction:
The Approved provider did not comply with all its responsibilities in relation to Accreditation Standards.

The Agency identified serious risk, the Department determined that there was an immediate and severe risk to the health, safety, or well-being of residents.

Current Status of Service:
Sanction 1
The Approved Provider has appointed an adviser.

The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency reports that no serious risk was identified during its review audit conducted on 23-24 April 2003.

The Approved Provider sought a reconsideration of the decision to impose sanctions and also applied to have both sanctions lifted on 17 April 2003.

Sanction 1was lifted on 17 July 2003.

Sanction 2
Sanction 2 was lifted on 5 June 2003.

Top of pageService Name:
Denmora Nursing Home

Street Address:
20 Cowlishaw Street
BOWEN HILLS, QLD 4006

Approved Provider:
Denmora Nursing Home Pty Ltd

Sanctions Applied:
Approval as an Approved Provider of aged care services revoked unless a nurse adviser is appointed for a period of 12 months.

No Australian Government funding for new residents for a period of 6 months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
21/11/2003

Date Sanction Expires:
21/11/2004

Reason for Sanction:
The Approved provider did not comply with all its responsibilities in relation to Accreditation Standards.

The Agency identified serious risk, the Department determined that there was an immediate and severe risk to the health, safety, or well-being of residents.

Current Status of Service:
Sanction 2 was lifted on 24 February 2004.

Sanction 1 ceased on 21 June 2004.

On 21 June 2004, the places at the home were transferred to a new Approved Provider, Stephen Midson and Associates Pty Ltd. The new Approved Provider is not subject to the sanctions imposed on the previous Approved Provider.

Top of pageService Name:
Immanuel Gardens Nursing Home

Street Address:
10 Magnetic Drive
BUDERIM, QLD 4556

Approved Provider:
Lutheran Church of Australia - Queensland District

Sanctions Applied:
Sanction 1
Approval as an approved provider of aged care services revoked unless a nurse adviser is appointed for a period of 6 months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
06/02/2006

Date Sanction Expires:
06/08/2006

Reason for Sanction:
The Approved Provider did not comply with all its responsibilities in relation to Accreditation Standards

Current Status of Service:
The Approved Provider has appointed a nurse adviser.

Sanctions expired on 6 August 2006.

Top of pageService Name:
Sunnymeade Nursing Home

Street Address:
362-376 King Street
CABOOLTURE, QLD 4510

Approved Provider:
Jomal Pty Ltd

Sanctions Applied:
Revocation of approved provider status, unless an adviser, with nursing experience, approved by the Commonwealth, who has the appropriate skills, qualifications and background to assist the service to comply with their responsibilities is appointed by the approved provider for a period of 6 months.

The approved provider is not eligible to receive Australian Government subsidies for any new care recipients. This sanction will cease to have effect 1 month after the date the sanction is imposed.

Revocation of approved provider status unless the approved provider agrees to provide, at its expense, training for its officers, employees and agents.

Date Sanction Imposed:
18/10/2011

Date Sanction Expires:
17/04/2012

Reason for Sanction:
The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency (the Agency) identified continued non-compliance with Accreditation Standards.

The approved provider has not remedied non-compliance in relation to:

Information systems not supporting appropriate care planning and identification of care recipients’ needs, particularly in relation to skin care;

Initial and ongoing assessments of care recipients’ clinical care needs are not consistently conducted and/or documented;

Care recipients are not consistently receiving clinical care in accordance with their plan of care; and

Monitoring of skin integrity and associated clinical care has not been effective.

Current Status of Service:
The Department and the Agency are continuing to monitor the service.

Resident and Representative meeting was held on Wednesday 26 October 2011.

Nurse Adviser has commenced at the Service.

Sanction 2 expired on 17 November 2011.

Sanctions 1 and 3 expired on 17 April 2012.

Top of pageService Name:
Dija Meta Aged & Disabled Hostel (Hartley Street)

Street Address:
269-277 Hartley Street
CAIRNS, QLD 4870

Approved Provider:
Aborigines and Islanders Alcohol Relief Services 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:
31/03/2009

Date Sanction Expires:
30/09/2009

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:
Service was transferred to a new approved provider on 14 August 2009

Sanctions do not apply to the new approved provider.

Top of pageService Name:
Raffin Place

Street Address:
8 Raffin Crescent
CALAMVALE, QLD 4116

Approved Provider:
Domain Aged Care No.2 Pty 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
No Australian Government funding for new care recipients for a period of 6 months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
13/12/2008

Date Sanction Expires:
12/06/2009

Reason for Sanction:
The Agency identified serious risk, in relation to Standard 2, Item 2.10: Nutrition and hydration.

Current Status of Service:
The Department and the Aged Care Standards and the Accreditation Agency are continuing to monitor the service.

The Service has appointed an adviser.

On 23 December 2008, the Agency advised that serious risk had been mitigated.

Sanctions were lifted on 9 June 2009.

Top of pageService Name:
Rockingham Cardwell Shire Home for the Aged

Street Address:
Jamieson Street
CARDWELL, QLD 4849

Approved Provider:
Cardwell Care Incorporated

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
No Australian Government funding for new care recipients for a period of 6 months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
14/08/2008

Date Sanction Expires:
13/02/2009

Reason for Sanction:
The Department and the Aged Care Standards and the Accreditation Agency are continuing to monitor the service.

The Service has appointed an adviser.

On 1 September 2008, the Agency advised that serious risk had been mitigated.

Sanctions 1 and 2 lifted on 20 January 2009.

Current Status of Service:

Top of pageService Name:
Lifecare Goldcoast

Street Address:
45 Chisholm Road
CARRARA , QLD 4211

Approved Provider:
Lifestyle Care Providers Pty Ltd

Sanctions Applied:
Sanction 1
Provider to appoint an administrator with clinical expertise for a period of 10 (ten) weeks.

Date Sanction Imposed:
21/07/2007

Date Sanction Expires:
28/09/2007

Reason for Sanction:
The Department identified immediate and severe risk in relation to nursing services and residents rights.

Current Status of Service:
The Department is continuing to monitor the service.

The approved provider appointed an administrator with clinical expertise.

The approved provider closed the service with all residents relocated to alternative services by 11 September 2007.

Sanction expired on 28 September 2007

Top of pageService Name:
Ny-Ku Byun

Street Address:
Fisher Street
CHERBOURG, QLD 4605

Approved Provider:
Cherbourg Community Council

Sanctions Applied:
Appointment of an administrator for 6 months

Date Sanction Imposed:
13/06/2008

Date Sanction Expires:
12/12/2008

Reason for Sanction:
Failure of the Approved Provider to remedy non-compliance within an agreed timeframe.

Current Status of Service:
The Department continues to monitor the Service.

The Service has appointed an Administrator.

Sanction expired on 12 December 2008.

Top of pageService Name:
Ny-Ku Byun

Street Address:
Fisher Street
CHERBOURG, QLD 4605

Approved Provider:
Cherbourg Community Council

Sanctions Applied:
No Commonwealth funding for new residents for a period of 6 months.

Approval as an Approved Provider of aged care services revoked unless an administrator is appointed for a period of 6 months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
29/08/2002

Date Sanction Expires:
28/02/2002

Reason for Sanction:
The Approved provider did not comply with all its responsibilities in relation to Accreditation Standards.

The Department found there was an immediate and severe risk to the safety, health or well-being of residents.

Current Status of Service:
The Approved Provider appointed an administrator.

The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency reported that no serious risk was identified during a support visit conducted on 10 September 2002.

The sanctions expired on 28 February 2002.

Top of pageService Name:
Sir James Terrace

Street Address:
11 Stamp Street
DECEPTION BAY, QLD 4508

Approved Provider:
SJT Aged Care Services Pty Limited

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 the approved provider agrees to provide, at its expense, relevant training for its officers, employees and agents.

Date Sanction Imposed:
16/08/2008

Date Sanction Expires:
15/02/2009

Reason for Sanction:
The Agency identified Serious risk in relation to the Accreditation Standards of
1.1 Continuous improvement,
1.6 Human resource management,
1.8 Information systems and
2.1 Continuous improvement.

Current Status of Service:
The Department and the Aged Care Standards and the Accreditation Agency are continuing to monitor the service.

The Service has appointed an adviser.

Training began on 1 September 2008.

On 5 September 2008, the Agency advised that serious risk had been mitigated.

Sanctions 1 and 2 expired on 15 February 2009.

Top of pageService Name:
Sir James Terrace

Street Address:
11 Stamp Street
DECEPTION BAY, QLD 4508

Approved Provider:
Lestlin Nominees Pty Ltd

Sanctions Applied:
Sanction 1
Approval as an Approved Provider of aged care services revoked unless a nurse adviser is appointed for a period of 6 months.

Sanction 2
No Australian Government funding for new residents for a period of 6 months.

Sanction 3
Extra service approval revoked.

Date Sanction Imposed:
19/03/2004

Date Sanction Expires:

Reason for Sanction:
The Approved Provider did not comply with all its responsibilities in relation to Accreditation Standards.

The Agency identified serious risk, the Department determined that there was an immediate and severe risk to the health, safety, or well-being of residents.

Current Status of Service:
The Approved Provider has appointed a nurse adviser.

The Agency considered there was no longer a serious risk to the health, safety or well-being of residents at a visit on 23 March 2004.

The Approved Provider applied on 16 June 2004 to have the sanctions lifted.

Sanctions 1 & 2 were lifted on 12 July 2004.

Sanction 3 does not expire.

Top of pageService Name:
Ngooderi House

Street Address:
Gunnalinga Drive
DOOMADGEE, QLD 4830

Approved Provider:
Doomadgee Aboriginal Community Council

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
Vary the allocation of places to restrict high care residents being admitted for a period of 6months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
08/09/2006

Date Sanction Expires:
08/03/2007

Reason for Sanction:
The Agency identified serious risk, in relation to Expected Outcomes 1.1 Continuous Improvement, 1.6 Human Resource Management and 2.4 Clinical Care and 2.7 Medication Management.

The Department determined that there was an immediate and severe risk to the health, safety, or well-being of residents.

Current Status of Service:
The Approved Provider appointed an adviser.

On 29 September 2006, the Agency advised that the serious risk had been mitigated.

Sanctions expired 8 March 2007.

Top of pageService Name:
Villa Maria Centre

Street Address:
171 St Pauls Terrace
FORTITUDE VALLEY, QLD 4006

Approved Provider:
Catholic Healthcare Limited

Sanctions Applied:
Revocation of approved provider status unless an administrator and an adviser with nursing experience, and the appropriate skills, qualifications and background to assist the home to comply with their responsibilities, approved by the Commonwealth, are appointed by the approved provider for a period of six months.

The approved provider is not eligible to receive Australian Government subsidies for any new care recipients for a period of six months.

Revocation of approved provider status unless the approved provider agrees to provide relevant training for its officers, employees and agents to support them in meeting the needs of the residents.

Date Sanction Imposed:
21/10/2011

Date Sanction Expires:
20/04/2012

Reason for Sanction:
The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency (the Agency) identified serious risk at the home. Subsequently the Department decided the following issues pose an immediate and severe risk to residents:

Failure of the home’s information management, human resource and quality management systems;

Care recipients' specialised nursing care needs not being met;

Care recipients' pain management strategies not consistently implemented;

Care recipients' nutrition and hydration requirements not being provided;

Wound management not being attended to as required; and

Care recipients' continence needs not being met, impacting on their comfort and dignity.

Current Status of Service:
The Department and the Agency are continuing to monitor the service.

Resident and Representative meeting was held on Monday 31 October 2011.

On 9 November 2011 the Accreditation Agency found that the serious risk had been resolved.

Administrator and Nurse Adviser have commenced at the Home.

Top of pageService Name:
Mornington Island Aged Persons Hostel

Street Address:
Lardil Street
GUNUNA, QLD 4871

Approved Provider:
Mornington Shire Council

Sanctions Applied:
Vary the allocation condition so that no new residents assessed as requiring a high level of care can be admitted for a period of three months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
15/08/2002

Date Sanction Expires:
18/11/2002

Reason for Sanction:
The Approved provider did not comply with all its responsibilities in relation to Accreditation Standards.

The Department found there was an immediate and severe risk to the safety, health or well-being of residents.

Current Status of Service:
The Department and the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency are continuing to monitor the service.

The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency reports that no serious risk was identified during its support visit conducted on 27 August 2002 or during the accreditation site audit conducted on 1-3 October 2002.

The sanction expired on 18 November 2002.

Top of pageService Name:
Mornington Island Aged Persons Hostel

Street Address:
Lardil Street
GUNUNA, QLD 4871

Approved Provider:
Mornington Shire Council

Sanctions Applied:
Sanction 1
Approval as an approved provider of aged care services revoked unless an administrator, with nursing experience, is appointed for a period of 6 months.

Sanction 2
Vary the conditions of allocation of places to not be eligible to receive Commonwealth subsidy for new high care residents admitted to the Service for a period of 6 months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
13/10/2010

Date Sanction Expires:
12/04/2011

Reason for Sanction:
The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency (the Agency) identified serious risk, in relation to - Standard 1: Management Systems, Staffing and Organisational Development; and Standard 2: Health and Personal Care.

Current Status of Service:
The Department and the Agency are monitoring the provision of care at the home.

Sanctions in place.

The service has appointed an administrator.

On 5 November 2010, the Agency advised that serious risk had been mitigated.

On 6 December 2010, transfer of places to Approved Provider - D & R Community Services Pty Ltd.

The sanctions imposed on Mornington Island Aged Persons Hostel do not apply to the new Approved Provider.

Sanctions remain with Mornington Shire Council.

Top of pageService Name:
Mornington Island Aged Persons Hostel

Street Address:
Lardil Street
GUNUNA, QLD 4871

Approved Provider:
Mornington Shire Council

Sanctions Applied:
Vary conditions of allocation of places to provider – no new high care residents to be admitted to Australian Government funded places for six months.

Date Sanction Imposed:
28/02/2005

Date Sanction Expires:
28/08/2005

Reason for Sanction:
The Approved Provider did not comply with all its responsibilities in relation to Accreditation Standards.

The Agency identified serious risk, the Department determined that there was an immediate and severe risk to the health, safety, or well-being of residents.

Current Status of Service:
On 11 March 2005, the Agency advised the Department that the serious risk had been mitigated.

Sanctions expired in 28 August 2005.

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