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Submission: Consultation on the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards
We provided feedback on the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards to the Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC).
This survey consisted of a mix of multiple choice, agreement scale and short answer questions.
In this submission, we focused on our recommendations to further strengthen the Aged Care Quality Standards. Our submission provided tangible examples of how DoHAC can best implement our suggestions to ensure collaborative, inclusive and best-practice multidisciplinary care is provided to older Australians.
The full submission can be read here
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