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Aged Care Quality Standards — Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

Quality standards for aged care services covering consumer dignity, clinical care, personal care, and organisational governance. Applies to approved aged care providers in Australia.

8

Rules extracted

151

Obligations decomposed

18.9x

Avg obligations per rule

🇦🇺 Australia

Jurisdiction

About this regulation

The Aged Care Quality Standards set out the quality expectations for aged care services in Australia. They apply to all government-funded aged care services, including residential care, home care, and flexible care. The Standards are administered by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and cover consumer dignity and choice, ongoing assessment and planning, personal and clinical care, services and supports for daily living, service environment, feedback and complaints, human resources, and organisational governance.

What AuditDSS covers

Source

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Regulation

Extracted

8

Rules

Decomposed

151

Obligations

18.9x

Decomposition ratio

Each rule is decomposed into an average of 18.9 atomic obligations — the smallest testable units that can be independently violated.

Fully extracted & scored

All 151 obligations have been decomposed, titled, risk-scored, and embedded for semantic matching.

Risk scoring

Every obligation in Aged Care Quality Standards is scored across independent risk dimensions:

W

Obligation Weight

How critical within the regulatory framework

L

Violation Likelihood

How often breached in practice

E

Enforcement Evidence

Regulator enforcement history and penalties

C

Cascade Dependency

How many obligations depend on this one

Regulatory details

Full title
Aged Care Quality Standards — Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Regulatory body
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Jurisdiction
🇦🇺 Australia
Document type
standard
Effective date
July 1, 2019
Issuing authority
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC)
Industry
Healthcare
Official source
View source document ↗

Who this applies to

aged care providerscare staffclinical staffgoverning bodies

Key requirements

  • Consumer dignity and choice
  • Assessment and planning
  • Personal and clinical care
  • Services and supports
  • Service environment
  • Feedback and complaints
  • Human resources
  • Organisational governance

Frequently asked questions about Aged Care Quality Standards

What is Aged Care Quality Standards?

The Aged Care Quality Standards set out the quality expectations for aged care services in Australia. They apply to all government-funded aged care services, including residential care, home care, and flexible care. The Standards are administered by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and cover consumer dignity and choice, ongoing assessment and planning, personal and clinical care, services and supports for daily living, service environment, feedback and complaints, human resources, and organisational governance.

Who does Aged Care Quality Standards apply to?

Aged Care Quality Standards applies to aged care providers, care staff, clinical staff, governing bodies.

How many obligations does Aged Care Quality Standards contain?

AuditDSS has decomposed Aged Care Quality Standards into 151 atomic obligations from 8 rules. Each obligation is independently testable and risk-scored.

What are the key requirements of Aged Care Quality Standards?

The key requirements include: Consumer dignity and choice, Assessment and planning, Personal and clinical care, Services and supports, Service environment, Feedback and complaints, Human resources, Organisational governance.

How can I assess my Aged Care Quality Standards compliance?

Upload your compliance policy to AuditDSS. The platform maps your document against all 151 Aged Care Quality Standards obligations using deterministic AI scoring — not checklists or LLM summaries. You get a risk-scored gap analysis showing exactly which obligations are covered, partially covered, or missing.

Which jurisdiction enforces Aged Care Quality Standards?

Aged Care Quality Standards is enforced in Australia by Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

When did Aged Care Quality Standards come into effect?

Aged Care Quality Standards became effective on July 1, 2019.

What industry does Aged Care Quality Standards apply to?

Aged Care Quality Standards is primarily relevant to the Healthcare industry. AuditDSS covers 84 regulations in this industry sector.

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Policy

High-level commitments and governance framework covering Aged Care Quality Standards requirements.

Procedures

Step-by-step operational procedures to implement each policy commitment.

Forms & checklists

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Multi-regulation

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Upload your document

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AI maps against 151 obligations

Your document is scored against every obligation in Aged Care Quality Standards. Each claim is mapped to the obligation tree and evaluated for coverage.

3

Risk-scored gap report

Receive every gap ranked by risk priority with remediation guidance, enforcement evidence, and cascade impact analysis.

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