Blue Care Mareeba Aged Care Facility

Serious risk decision

On 10 May 2018 a delegate of the CEO of the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency made a decision that failure by The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Q) to meet one expected outcome in the Accreditation Standards in relation to Blue Care Mareeba Aged Care Facility and that this failure has placed, the safety, health or wellbeing of a care recipient of the service at serious risk.

An assessment contact was conducted by the Quality Agency on 21 August 2018 at Blue Care Mareeba Aged Care Facility to monitor the service’s progress. The Quality Agency found the service complies with all Accreditation Standards.

Serious risk is not an ongoing state; it is a statutory decision based on evidence at a point in time.