Aged Care Standards And Accreditation Agency

The company is no longer registered. On 1 January 2014 the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency was created as an Australian Public Service agency to undertake the work previously undertaken by the company. The CEO is appointed by the Minister and staff are employed under the Public Service Act. All staff other than the long serving CEO of the Accreditation Agency (which was an independent public company limited by guarantee, and subject to the Corporations Act 2001 and the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 and company appointed by the Department of Health and Ageing as the accreditation body under the Aged Care Act 1997.) transferred to the Australian Public Service. Other than the departure of the CEO and the imminent departure of a long serving and very experienced general manager the management team remains largely intact. The Quality Agency will assume responsibility for quality review of home care on I July 2014. Given the relationship with government and public sector funding, some commentators believe a restructure is on the horizon. The Accreditation Agency promoted high quality care through its accreditation and industry education programs. In recent years the company through its executives had provided support and advice to other external evaluation organisations and regulators in Australia and overseas.