Resource library

This document provides an overview of resources and learning opportunities to help aged care workers understand changes in the new Aged Care Act, and how they affect them, including :

• Aged Care Quality Standards
• Statement of Rights
• Aged Care Code of Conduct
• worker screening
• whistle blower protections
• complaints.
   

Our Compliance and Enforcement Policy applies from 1 November 2025.

The Policy explains the compliance and enforcement actions we can take to:

When we take regulatory action against a registered provider, aged care worker or responsible person, our processes and decisions need to be fair. This is called procedural fairness. This fact sheet explains what procedural fairness is and how it works.

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (the Commission) undertakes a range of regulatory activities to monitor compliance and mitigate risk to aged care consumers. The Commission has incorporated spot check monitoring of infection control practice into its usual regulatory activities. You can find more information about Infection control spot checks here. 

As a volunteer you are part of the aged care workforce and play a key part in supporting older Australians.

This resource provides insights into food, dining, and nutrition in residential aged care services. It is based on a survey conducted to understand residents’ dining experiences, preferences, and the quality of food and service provided. The findings highlight the importance of fresh, familiar meals, flexible mealtimes, and a homelike dining environment to enhance the quality of life for older people. 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. 

The Aged Care Code of Conduct – training PowerPoint is a presentation that trainers can download, customise and use to teach their aged care workers and responsible persons about the Aged Care Code of Conduct (Code).

The training resource:

• offers an overview of the Code
• supports an exploration of the requirements of the Code
• is designed to support reflective discussions about the Code and how it applies in practice. 

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This document contains a summary of all available resources for the Aged Care Code of Conduct.

This video is to give older people, their representatives, families and registered supporters an overview of the Aged Care Code of Conduct. It describes the behaviour expected of registered providers, their responsible persons (e.g. board members and Chief Executive Officers) and aged care workers. It describes how providers and the people who provide your care must behave and treat you.
 

This video introduces the Aged Care Code of Conduct to aged care workers, responsible persons and registered providers.

This guide for aged care workers and responsible persons provides a quick introduction to the Aged Care Code of Conduct. It includes a weblink and QR code to find out more on the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s website.

This poster provides a quick introduction to the Aged Care Code of Conduct for aged care workers and responsible persons. It includes a weblink and QR code to find out more on the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s website.

This Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) fact sheet covers the reporting of incidents relating to Reportable incidents: unlawful sexual contact or inappropriate sexual conduct. The fact sheet has been developed for providers of home services.

This guide is for older people, their representatives, families and registered supporters. It provides a quick introduction to the Aged Care Code of Conduct. It includes contact information for concerns and complaints and where to go for more information.
 

This poster provides a quick introduction to the Aged Care Code of Conduct for older people. It provides contact information for making a complaint or giving feedback and where to go for more information.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Aged Care Code of Conduct for registered providers.

This document contains responses to questions asked during our Code of Conduct for Aged Care webinars.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Aged Care Code of Conduct for older people accessing funded aged care services, their representatives, families and registered supporters.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the Aged Care Code of Conduct for aged care workers and responsible persons.