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.
Food, nutrition and dining: a reflection on practice
This training PowerPoint is a presentation that trainers/managers can download, customise and use to promote discussion and educate their staff to support and improve the food, nutrition and dining experience of consumers in their care.
The resource is designed to support reflective discussions about what ‘best practice’ looks like and a reflection on how it applies in practice. This resource may refer to information that will be updated from 1 November 2025 to align with the new Aged Care Act and Quality Standards.
Better Practice Complaint Handling Guide
This resource provides best practice guidance for handling complaints within public service agencies and private providers. It outlines the principles for creating an effective, customer-focused complaint system, including steps for logging, resolving, and communicating complaints. The guide also provides insights on staff training, performance benchmarks, and systemic improvement to enhance service quality and public trust, with relevance for aged care providers ensuring fair and transparent complaint resolution processes.
Wound management
This resource provides information about wound management, including wound management mistakes. It contains treatment plan information and highlights the importance of monitoring and analysing data under the National Mandatory Quality Indicator Program.
This resource may refer to information that will be updated from 1 November 2025 to align with the new Aged Care Act and Quality Standards.
Better practice guide to complaints handling in aged care services
This booklet aims to give guidance on how to:
Aged care centre food safety requirements
This resource details food safety requirements for aged care centres, highlighting guidelines for managing risks with potentially hazardous foods. It includes standards for food safety programs, compliance templates, and regulatory guidance to protect vulnerable people.
This resource was developed by a state/territory government or organisation and therefore its applicability and usefulness may be limited.