Organisation
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Owning Institution:
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was established on 8 October 2018 by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd).
The Honourable Tony Pagone QC and Ms Lynelle Briggs AO were appointed as Royal Commissioners. The Honourable Richard Tracey AM RFD QC was a Royal Commissioner, until he died on 11 October 2019.
Discussion paper
Aged care program redesign: services for the future
This consultation paper seeks to outline the Commission's thinking about a future aged care system, including how programs might be redesigned and how these different program elements could work together within the system.
Report
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety interim report: Neglect
The Royal Commission’s Interim Report lays the foundations for the fundamental reform and redesign of Australia’s aged care system. It is clear that a fundamental overhaul of the design, objectives, regulation and funding of aged care in Australia is required – not merely patching up.
Briefing paper
A history of aged care reviews
This background paper provides an overview of many of the major public reports and inquiries related to publicly-funded aged care in Australia since 1997, with a greater focus on the more recent of them. It deals primarily with official inquiries that generally involved submissions and evidence from the public and generated reports that are publicly...
Report
How Australian residential aged care staffing levels compare with international and national benchmarks
The Centre for Health Service Development, at the University of Wollongong, was commissioned by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to undertake this analysis of international and national staffing profiles for residential aged care services, in order to better understand how staffing can be improved in Australia.
Briefing paper
Legislative framework for aged care quality and safety regulation
This paper summarises the key aspects of quality and safety regulation provided for in the Aged Care Act 1997 (Aged Care Act), the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 (Quality and Safety Commission Act) and supporting legislative instruments.