Aged Care Adjacent Schemes (Australia)
Evidence request list. 9 controls, 9 carrying auditor artefact guidance. Generated from the compliance knowledge graph on 11 September 2026. Published by The Art of Service.
Adjacent schemes wrongly filed as Quality Standards
The use of restrictive practices is minimised, with alternatives considered and documented.
- Restrictive-practice minimisation procedures
- Behaviour support plans
- Restrictive practices used without authorisation/least-restrictive review
Workers providing care have undergone appropriate screening and background checks.
- Police/worker screening clearances
- Code of Conduct attestations
- Workers engaged without valid screening
For Home Care Packages, deliver services on a consumer-directed basis with monthly statements and budget transparency.
- Individualised home-care budget and monthly statements
- Consumer control over services
- No transparency of home-care budget
Meet financial reporting, refundable deposit handling, and prudential requirements for approved providers.
- Prudential compliance (liquidity, records, disclosure)
- Refundable deposit handling
- RAD/bond funds not prudentially managed
Manage medications safely including prescribing, dispensing, administration, monitoring and review.
- Medication management policy
- Medication charts and incident records
- Medication errors not managed/reported
Collect and submit National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program data (pressure injuries, falls, weight loss, medications, restrictive practices).
- Quarterly QI data submission (pressure injuries, falls, medication, etc.)
- QI data not collected or submitted
Use restrictive practices only as a last resort, with appropriate authorisation and behaviour support planning.
- Restrictive-practice authorisation and consent records
- Behaviour support plans
- Least-restrictive review
- restrictive practices used without informed consent/authorisation
Identify, record, manage, resolve and report reportable incidents involving consumers under the SIRS framework.
- Incident management system
- Reportable-incident notifications to the Commission within required timeframes
- Reportable incidents not notified within timeframe
Ensure workers comply with the Code of Conduct for Aged Care and hold valid worker screening clearances.
- Worker screening clearances
- Code of Conduct compliance and breach handling
- Workers not screened or not bound by the Code
Assembled from the framework’s own control set, so this list is regenerated rather than written and stays current as the graph does.