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Accreditation decision

Following a site audit conducted on 19 July 2022 to 21 July 2022, the Commission made a decision on 31 August 2022 to re-accredit this service.

The decision on the service’s accreditation period was varied following reconsideration on own initiative on 03 July 2025.

The period of accreditation of the service will expire on 28 February 2026.

Accreditation decision

Following a site audit conducted on 19 July 2022 to 21 July 2022, the Commission made a decision on 31 August 2022 to re-accredit this service.

The period of accreditation of the service will expire on 31 August 2025.

Site audit Performance Report

A site audit was conducted with this service on 19 July 2022 to 21 July 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 26 November 2022.

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

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 26 May 2022.

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

Compliance monitoring update

An assessment contact was conducted by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Commission) on 22 January 2020 at Royal Freemasons - Ballarat to monitor the service’s progress in meeting the Aged Care Quality Standards. The Commission found the service complies with all Aged Care Quality Standards.

Following a site audit the Commission made a decision on 22 October 2019 that this service met seven of the eight Aged Care Quality Standards. The service is re-accredited for two years until 26 November 2021.

Serious risk decision

Following a site audit conducted on 18 September 2019 to 20 September 2019, a delegate of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner made a finding that Royal Freemasons Ltd failed to meet one Aged Care Quality Standards (Quality Standards) in relation to Royal Freemasons - Ballarat

On 15 October 2019 a decision was made that failure to meet one Quality Standard has placed the safety, health or well-being of aged care consumers of the service at serious risk. The Department of Health has been notified of the risk.

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

 

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 26 November 2019.

This is a new home and is accredited for one year until 26 November 2016. We made the decision on 26 November 2015.