Aged Care Quality Standards (Australia)
Standard 3 - The care and services

Aged Care Quality Standards (Australia) ACQS25-3.4: 15-20(4) Quality services meeting needs and optimising quality of life

What does ACQS25-3.4 require?

The provider must ensure individuals receive quality funded aged care services that (a) meet their care needs, goals and preferences, and (b) optimise their quality of life, reablement and maintenance of function.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 4 controls across 3 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

Aged Care Quality Standards 2019 (repealed edition) · 2 controls

  • 3(3)(a) Requirement 3(3)(a) Safe and effective personal and clinical care that is best practice, tailored and optimising
  • 4(3)(a) Requirement 4(3)(a) Safe and effective services and supports that meet needs, goals and preferences

Aged Care Act 2024 (Australia) · 1 control

  • 162-use Section 162 and Rules 162-15 to 162-40: use restrictive practices only as a regulated last resort

Australia NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators · 1 control

  • core-21.1 Responsive supports: least intrusive, evidence-informed practice

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Standard 3 - The care and services

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