Providers registered in category 6 (residential care) must use this form to notify the Commission of this type of change in circumstances.
The guidance for this smart form does not cover questions, such as those relating to identification or contact details, which are self-explanatory.
If you‘re reducing your number of approved beds and that decrease will continue for at least 2 years (e.g. because of major renovations or damage caused by a natural disaster), you must also submit an application for variation.
Section 2: Change details
Questions 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2.1 and 2.2.2
Explanatory Note
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Detail the change(s) selected in Question 2.1.1. This may include:
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Whether the change is permanent or temporary
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Date or period of the change
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Current and future state of the residential care home, including the number of beds
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Any change in the availability of services
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Detail the reason for the change, including any internal or external factors
For Questions 2.2.1 and 2.2.2:
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Identify current or anticipated disruptions to the delivery of care and services, including appropriate arrangements to ensure continuity of care for older people.
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Provide an estimate of the number of individuals who will be affected (i.e. their usual service delivery will be different) by changes to your home. Consider both the number of older people:
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who are accessing funded aged care services from you at the home (including people accessing respite services) who are not currently accessing funded aged care services from you at the home but have plans to (e.g. they have reserved beds).
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Evidence
- Approved contractor agreements
- Lease arrangements
- Building floor plans and layouts
- Interior design proposals, including selected furniture, fixtures and fittings
- Any other documents to support your response
Question 2.2.3
Explanatory Note
- Under the Aged Care Act 2024, registered providers must comply with requirements relating to continuity of funded aged care services for individuals. Registered providers in Category 6 must also comply with requirements about maintaining security of tenure for individuals using the residential care home.
- If you intend to ask an individual to leave your service, you must find suitable affordable accommodation for the individual that meets their assessed long-term needs and preferences
- You must give the individual at least 14 days’ notice, which must set out your decision, the reasons for your decision, when the individual is to leave, and detail the individual’s rights
- You must support individuals to transition to a new service if you are exiting them from your service, and you must support the new service to deliver appropriate continuity of care (e.g., handover processes and documentation)
- You must demonstrate that you have commenced processes to ensure security of tenure when individuals exit from the service and have processes in place to provide adequate notice to individuals
Evidence
- Provide relevant attachments to support your responses in this section including three de-identified examples of your continuity of care plans for individuals affected by changes to an approved residential care home
- Provide relevant attachments that demonstrate processes to ensure security of tenure
- Correspondence to affected individuals
- Any other documents to support your response