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 09 December 2022.
The service remains subject to compliance monitoring by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.
Dubbo Homestead Care Community
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 09 June 2022.
The service remains subject to compliance monitoring by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.
Dubbo Homestead Care Community
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 09 December 2021.
The service remains subject to compliance monitoring by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.
Opal Dubbo
Serious risk decision
On 15 November 2018 a delegate of the CEO of the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency made a decision in relation to Opal Dubbo that failure to meet one expected outcome in the Accreditation Standards placed the safety, health or wellbeing of a care recipient of the service at serious risk.
An assessment contact was conducted on 15 January 2019 at Opal Dubbo to monitor the service’s progress. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 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.
Opal Dubbo
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 09 June 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 09 June 2018.
