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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Aged-Care Homes Random Inspections

The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:08): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Health and Wellbeing a question about random, unscheduled site inspections of aged-care homes.

Leave granted.

The Hon. C. BONAROS: Four years ago, in the wake of the Oakden aged-care scandal, the government of the day announced that aged-care homes would be subject to random, unscheduled visits from authorities to check on the safety of residents and to ensure that the facility was complying with regulations. Since then, numerous aged-care and nursing homes throughout the state have continued to be caught out by the federal watchdog for a range of noncompliance issues. According to the Aged Care Quality Safety Commissioner, there are currently 15 aged-care homes in SA that it has imposed noncompliance orders on. My questions to the minister are:

1. How many random, unscheduled checks of aged-care homes has the government undertaken since the original announcement was made?

2. What has been the outcome of those random searches?

3. Has any aged-care nursing home been sanctioned by the state government as a direct result of those site visits?

4. Can you provide a list of names and locations of where the checks have occurred?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:09): The relevant agency for oversight of accreditation for aged care is the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, which is an agency of the federal government. It manages compliance with eight Aged Care Quality Standards. Whilst SA Health does maintain clinical governance oversight of its own facilities, it is the commonwealth agency that does the unscheduled visits that the honourable member refers to.

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