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Code of Ethics and Guide to Ethical Conduct for Residential Aged Care

The aim of the Code of Ethics (the Code) and the Guide to Ethical Conduct (the Guide) is to set out the ethical commitments made by the Aged Care Sector in addition to its legal obligation to comply with the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) and Principles under the Act.

In this section:

The Code and the Guide have been developed to applied within a voluntary and self-regulatory framework and they in no way effect the operation of the Act.

The Code and the Guide have been produced as a single book and as a series of information booklets directed at individual audiences including:

The Code of Ethics and Guide to Ethical Conduct for Residential Aged Care is available for viewing online and for downloading in PDF format:

Code of Ethics and Guide to Ethical Conduct for Residential Aged Care (online)

Code of Ethics and Guide to Ethical Conduct for Residential Aged Care (PDF 534KB)

The individual Code of Ethics booklets are also available for download in PDF format:

Guide to Ethical Conduct for Providers of Residential Aged Care (PDF 390KB)

Guide to Ethical Conduct: Information for Residents of Aged Care Homes And Their Families (PDF 391KB)

Guide to Ethical Conduct for Providers of Residential Aged Care: Guide for Employed and Contracted Staff (PDF 380KB)

Guide to Ethical Conduct for Providers of Residential Aged Care: Guide for Attending Professionals (PDF 378KB)

Guide to Ethical Conduct: Poster (PDF 218KB)

The Guides to Ethical Conduct may also be downloaded in PDF format:

Guide to Ethical Conduct (PDF 36KB)

Report on the Code of Ethics and Guide to Ethical Conduct in Residential Aged Care (PDF 163KB)

Final Code Review Survey Report (PDF 2478KB)

If you are unable to download the PDF files please send an email to: acc@health.gov.au for a copy to be sent to you.
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