The Quality Standards Resource Centre helps extend understanding of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards, which took effect from 1 November 2025. You can search for resources by using keywords, or filtering by standard, outcome and audience. Before using the Resource Centre, please read the terms of use.
RACGP aged care clinical guide (Silver Book) - Part B - Older people in rural and remote communities
This guide discusses providing aged care in rural and remote communities, focusing on the unique needs of older residents, the role of GPs in care coordination, and overcoming challenges like limited services and workforce shortages. It covers building telehealth connections, establishing collaborative care models, and offers a checklist for newly arrived GPs to support quality care for older adults.
Managing worker risk policy
Our Managing Worker Risk Policy explains our approach in detecting, assessing and responding to risks arising from the actions, inactions and behaviours of workers.
This policy includes information about:
Managing worker risk policy (PDF 386.18 KB)
Making sure your workers can work in aged care
Registered providers need to have governance systems and processes to make sure their aged care workers can work in aged care. This fact sheet explains providers’ obligations to:
- screen aged care workers
- make sure aged care workers don’t have banning orders against them that restrict or ban them from being involved in aged care.
Making sure your workers can work in aged care (PDF 469.26 KB)
Allied health regulation
This resource provides information about the regulation of allied health professions in Australia. It includes those registered under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS) and self-regulating professions managed by professional peak bodies. It also provides links to further information about allied health professions currently registered with AHPRA and information for overseas-qualified practitioners.
