The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) is increasing audits after the latest report found one in every three home care services failing to comply with all eight standards. The latest ACQSC report revealed that despite home care compliance ...

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) has been accused of "unacceptable ignorance" about the standard of audits performed by consultants that have been paid tens of millions of dollars to inspect aged care homes across Australia. The aged ...

New data from the Department of Health has revealed more than 30 aged care homes in New South Wales were falling below ‘acceptable’ standards. As part of the latest star ratings released in August, aged care homes in NSW were ...

Recent data has shown that more than 500 people living in residential aged care were sexually assaulted in the last three months of 2021. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission said it received 530 reports of unlawful sexual conduct ...

Staffing levels, medication management and personal hygiene were the most frequently complained about issues in residential care homes towards the end of last year. Between October and September 2021, a total of 1,639 complaints were lodged against 550 residential care ...