Amana Living James Brown Care Centre

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (the Commission) has monitored the provider’s progress in implementing improvements in the service to ensure compliance with the Aged Care Quality Standards. Based on the information submitted by the provider, as of 18 September 2025, the Commission is satisfied actions have been taken to address the non-compliance with the Aged Care Quality Standards. The Commission will continue to monitor the provider’s performance.

Accreditation Decision

Following a site audit conducted on 26 November 2024 to 28 November 2024, the Commission made a decision on 02 January 2025 to re-accredit this service.

The period of accreditation of the service will expire on 18 March 2028.

Site audit Performance Report
A site audit was conducted with this service on 26/11/2024 to 28/11/2024.
The attached Performance Report details the assessment of performance against the Aged Care Quality Standards following the site audit.

Accreditation decision

Following a site audit conducted on 07 February 2022 to 09 February 2022, the Commission made a decision on 18 March 2022 to re-accredit this service.

The period of accreditation of the service will expire on 18 March 2025.

Site audit Performance Report

A site audit was conducted with this service on 07 February 2022 to 09 February 2022.

The attached Performance Report details the assessment of performance against the Aged Care Quality Standards following the site audit.

Exceptional Circumstances

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission has temporarily modified our Regulatory Program, including the suspension of site audits to determine whether to accredit, not to re-accredit or vary the periods of accreditation for a service. 

In order to give effect to continuity of accreditation the Department of Health has, under Section 42.5 of the Aged Care Act 1997, made a decision to grant ‘exceptional circumstances’ to this service until 17 May 2022.

The service remains subject to compliance monitoring by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

Assessment contact Performance Report

An assessment contact was conducted with this service on 20 August 2020.

The attached Performance Report details the assessment of performance against the Aged Care Quality Standards following the assessment contact.

Compliance update

Following an assessment contact conducted on 12 December 2019, the Commission made a decision that improvements have been made to the service to ensure that the Aged Care Quality Standards are complied with.

Non-compliance update

Following an assessment contact conducted on 09 September 2019, the Commission made a decision that the approved provider of the service is non-compliant with 3 requirements of the Aged Care Quality Standards.

Following an audit we decided that this home met 44 of the 44 expected outcomes of the Accreditation Standards and would be accredited for three years until 17 November 2021.

Following an audit we decided that this home met 44 of the 44 expected outcomes of the Accreditation Standards and would be accredited for three years until 17 November 2018.