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	SUPPORT AGED CARE
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Checklist Definitions Rights Diary Survey Resident Assessment After entry Your GP Restraint Research Residents' group Quality use of Medicines	In 1998 the responsibility of accreditation and the monitoring of Australian residential Aged Care facilities was shifted from the then, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services to the newly established Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency. Reports on Australian facilities are available from the ACSAA website. Support Aged Care is an approach by experienced individuals interested in the maintaining and improvement where necessary of standards of care for those who live in residential Aged Care i.e. Nursing Homes or Aged Care Hostels or who need to use Home and Community Care services for the elderly. This site has an average of over 5000 individuals visiting each year (approx 60% Australians) with those returning making an extra 3000 'hits' annually. [Aug 2003] Support Aged Care