Targeted Training Strategies

A thorough gap analysis is instrumental in identifying organisational risks that education and training may be appropriate to mitigate. L&D teams can then create informed, targeted training strategies. This process allows L&D teams to pinpoint where training is most needed and ensures that educational efforts are both efficient and effective.

Standard 5 - Clinical Care

Standard 5 of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards is notably the most comprehensive among the Strengthened Standards. Written in conjunction with the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, it contains a significant number of high—and moderate-risk clinical care educational requirements that, if addressed appropriately, should genuinely improve the clinical care of older people.

Education to Reduce Harm

Watch this video to hear Zoe Youl summarise the clinical evidence base for all moderate and high-risk requirements from Standard 5. Learn why education on the new Standard 6 - Food and Nutrition can safeguard against significant health risks resulting from poor nutrition and hydration. Finally, understand how Standard 7 - The Residential Community closely aligns with National Mandatory Aged Care Quality Indicators.

References and Resources

We are committed to supporting aged care providers to ensure high-quality care moves from a regulatory requirement to a practical reality. We want to help providers be ready to not only meet but exceed the Standards. Here is an up-to-date-list of key resources for providers to review relating to the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards

1. The Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards – Final draft
2. Aged Care Quality Standards: Standard 5 – Clinical Care
3. Draft audit methodology
4. Draft evidence framework
5. Draft pre-audit preparation tool
6. Glossary
7. Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety Final Report: Care, Dignity and Respect
8. Australian Government Response to the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
9. Aged Care Bill 2023 Exposure draft
10. New Aged Care Act: Defining high-quality care
11. Supporting Sector Readiness for the New Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards (Webinar)

Author

Zoe Youl 

Zoe Youl has over ten years of experience at Ausmed. With expertise in Critical Care Nursing, Clinical Governance and Education, she has built an in-depth understanding of the educational and regulatory needs of the Australian healthcare sector.