The new Aged Care Act provides greater protections for older people through a new regulatory model, and by strengthening the Aged Care Quality Standards.
The new regulatory model sets out how the aged care system will operate under the new Act. It is designed to improve outcomes and protections for older people.
Quality Standard 1, the Individual, is the basis for all care and service delivery.
It puts older people at the centre of their aged care. Providers in registration 4, 5 and 6 are required to meet Quality Standard 1.
You support this by providing person-centred services where older people are valued and treated with dignity and respect.
Providers must understand older people's rights, needs, goals and preferences, cultures and beliefs, and their need for dignity, including dignity of risk, independence, choice and control around individual decisions.
To find out more information, visit Health.gov.au and AgedCareQuality.gov.au.