Aged care star rating

2022 - 12 - 19

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Calls for aged care rating system to be pulled down after complaints ... (ABC News)

A rating system that gives older Australians a way to compare aged care providers has been launched by the federal government, enacting a recommendation of the ...

The aged care royal commission found the aged care system was failing to meet the needs of older citizens, was unkind and uncaring and in too many instances neglectful. The Department of Health and Aged Care said it had tried to validate the data and was engaging with providers to make sure the ratings were accurate before they were published. On the My Aged Care government site, where the rating tool is found, providers with a 3-star rating are listed as "acceptable", with 4 stars being "good" and 2 stars labelled as "needs improvement". The star system ranks aged care providers from one to five, and while just 1 per cent received a 5-star rating, 91 per cent received a rating of 3 stars of more. A rating system that gives older Australians a way to compare aged care providers has been launched by the federal government, enacting a recommendation of the aged care royal commission. There are calls for a new aged care rating tool to be pulled down, with several providers and the opposition complaining of out-of-date information "distressing" older Australians ahead of Christmas.

Five-star ranking system reveals one in 10 aged care homes is ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Wells said the government wanted a three-star rating to be “the floor for people, not the ceiling ... we want everybody to move to four or five in the years ...

Women make up 76 per cent of the care sector and so, in a predominantly female workforce, it is clear that pay equity directly impacts gender equality,” Little said. [Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter here](/link/follow-20170101-p5apym). Wells said the government wanted a three-star rating to be “the floor for people, not the ceiling ...

Aged care star ratings will improve quality industry wide transparency (Mirage News)

COTA Australia Logo The Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, the peak body for older Australians, says the introduction of the aged care star.

“This is a big step forward for high quality aged care in Australia. “Combined with further system reforms and the improved regulations recommended by the Royal Commission, the star rating system will hold providers to account, give older Australians confidence and highlight areas for improvement. Providers with lower ratings still have a lot of work to do to improve on quality measures and transparency is a big part of the solution.

Advocacy groups welcome aged care star rating but stress that more ... (Starts at 60)

In an effort to "make aged care more transparent and accountable", the Federal Government has launched a new star ratings system for residential aged care ...

“Even more importantly, Star Ratings will enable older people and their families to compare quality across residential aged care homes and to make informed choices about where they want to live,” Gear said. In an effort to “make aged care more transparent and accountable”, the Federal Government has launched a new star ratings system for residential aged care homes. The new ratings system was a key recommendation of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and is expected to support older Australians and their representatives when comparing services.

'I'm very surprised': aged care star ratings questioned as 91% of ... (The Guardian)

Unions say 'bar must be set very low' as only 9% of facilities rated substandard despite recent reports of poor conditions.

Tom Symondson, the chief excecutive of the Aged and Community Care Providers Association industry group, praised the sector for achieving such high scores. [my aged care website,](https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/quality-aged-care) it rates facilities out of five, with three stars deemed “acceptable”, four stars “good” and five stars “excellent”. The system also shows individual star on the values of compliance, quality measures, residents’ experience and staffing. “That certainly hasn’t been the numbers we’ve previously seen. Smith said she was concerned there would be an “exodus” of staff from facilities given poor rankings, but she and Butler welcomed the star ratings as a tool to promote transparency and incentivise higher standards in aged care. “The bar must be set very low for 90% of aged care homes to be assessed as providing an acceptable standard of care,” she said.

Aged Care data not inaccurate: minister (Victor Harbor Times)

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells is defending the new aged care star rating system against criticism it should be pulled down, accusing the coalition of trying to undermine transparency and drag the sector back into "darkness". The opposition says the ...

is a vital part of that process." to be the ceiling ... "I'm ambitious for aged care, I don't want three stars ...

Star ratings online, but validity questioned - Australian Ageing Agenda (Australian Ageing Agenda)

The star ratings for aged care homes has been published on the My Aged Care website this week for providers and the public to view.

“But we want to make sure the food being served to our older Australians in care is not only delicious but nutritious.” Under the resident experience rating, residents are asked “Do you like the food here?” The question, said Dietitians Australia CEO Robert Hunt, doesn’t adequately address nutrition. Speaking to The Guardian, United Workers Union aged care director Carolyn Smith pointed to the nine per cent of facilities falling into the bottom two classifications. “This is a big step forward for high-quality aged care in Australia,” added Ms Sparrow. They have achieved this despite extraordinary funding and workforce challenges,” Mr Symondson said in a statement on 9 December. This will be challenging, especially in rural areas where shortages are at their worst.” “All older people are entitled to five-star care.” [newsletter](https://www.australianageingagenda.com.au/subscribe/) and subscribe to [AAA magazine](https://shop.australianageingagenda.com.au/) for the complete aged care picture. “The scores for minutes of care are also reduced because they are taken from earlier in the year, at a time when the sector was neither funded for, nor required to meet, the 200 minutes of care requirement. “I don’t think any aged worker would say 91 per cent of providers are three stars and above.” The star ratings for residential aged care homes were released on Monday and published on the My Aged Care website for providers and the public to view. In a statement, Ms Wells said: “Star ratings is a significant milestone in the delivery of aged care reforms, achieved through collaboration with older Australians, aged care providers and sector experts.”