Abbreviations

ACFI
Aged Care Funding Instrument
ACI
New South Wales Agency for Clinical Innovation
Aged Care Act
Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth)
Aged Care Commission
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Aged Care Commission Bill inquiry
Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Bill 2018 and related Bill, October 2018
Aged Care Royal Commission
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Aged Care Taskforce
Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce
A healthier future for all Australians
National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, A healthier future for all Australians, June 2009
AHPRA
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
AIN
Assistant in Nursing
AMA
Australian Medical Association
A matter of care
Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce, A matter of care, June 2018
assessors
Aged Care Commission Assessors
BPSD
Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
Carnell Paterson review
Ms Kate Carnell AO and Professor Ron Paterson ONZM, Review of National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes, October 2017
committee
Senate Community Affairs References Committee
CPSA
Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association
Department
Department of Health
EN
Enrolled Nurse
GP
General practitioner
Health Care Commission
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
House of Representatives Committee inquiry
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport, Inquiry into the Quality of Care in Residential Aged Care Facilities in Australia, October 2018
Interim report
Senate Community Affairs References Committee, Interim Report: Effectiveness of the Aged Care Quality Assessment and accreditation framework, 13 February 2018
NDIS
National Disability Insurance Scheme
NDIS Commission
NDIS Quality and Safety Commission
NMBA
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
NRAS
National Registration and Accreditation Scheme
NSQHS Standards
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
NSW
New South Wales
Oakden
Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Facility
Oakden report
Dr Aaron Groves, Chief Psychiatrist, Department for Health and Ageing (South Australian Government), Oakden Report – Report of the Oakden Review, April 2017
PHN
Primary Health Network
QACAG
Quality Aged Care Action Group
Qld
Queensland
QNMU
Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union
Quality Agency
Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
RACF
Residential aged care facility
RANZCP
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
RN
Registered Nurse
SA
South Australia
Single quality framework
Single Aged Care Quality Framework
ToR
Terms of Reference

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