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.
Person-centred care consumer resources
The poster and video will support you in understanding person-centred care.
A3 poster — What is person-centred care? (PDF 1.04 MB)
Consumer guide — What is person-centred care? (PDF 1.79 MB)
My food and dining preferences - form
This fact sheet helps aged care residents communicate their food and dining preferences. It includes sections for meal choices, dining preferences, assistance needs, health considerations, cultural or religious customs, and contact information for allied health professionals. It also advises staff to monitor changes in weight and contact a dietitian if needed.
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.
My food and dining preferences form (PDF 378.98 KB)
Arabic - تفضيلاتي في الطعام وعادات الأكل (PDF 426.01 KB)
French - Mes préférences alimentaires et de repas (PDF 365.82 KB)
German - Meine Essens- und Speisevorlieben (PDF 358.86 KB)
Greek - Οι προτιμήσεις μου για το φαγητό και τα γεύματα (PDF 359.43 KB)
Hungarian - Étel- és étkezési preferenciák (PDF 369.35 KB)
Macedonian - Моите желби во врска со храната и јадењето (PDF 358.79 KB)
Maltese - Il-preferenzi tiegħi tal-ikel u l-ikliet (PDF 364.67 KB)
Portuguese - Minhas preferências alimentares e gastronômicas (PDF 373.26 KB)
Russian - Мои предпочтения в еде и приеме пищи (PDF 353.14 KB)
Serbian - Моје жеље које се тичу хране и обедовања (PDF 353.84 KB)
Simplified Chinese - 我的饮食及用餐偏好 (PDF 420.97 KB)
Traditional Chinese - 我的飲食及用餐偏好 (PDF 422.91 KB)
Spanish - Mis preferencias de alimentos y comidas (PDF 365.1 KB)
Vietnamese - Sở thích ăn uống và thực phẩm của tôi (PDF 340.54 KB)
Goal planning tool
This resource is a goal planning tool designed to support aged care providers in improving food, dining, nutrition, and consumer choice. It helps providers set objectives, track progress, and implement actions to enhance service quality, ensuring that people’s preferences and dietary needs are consistently met.
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.
Goal planning tool (PDF 899.52 KB)
Right-based and person-centred care - what it means for older people video
This video explains what right-based and person-centred care means and how you can work with your provider to achieve it.
