On the 26^th of May 2020 during the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner Janet Anderson stated that unannounced audits of aged care providers would recommence in June.

We are also continuing to do onsite visits on a risk basis. So, where we have regulatory intelligence that indicates that there is a risk to residents’ wellbeing, we will continue to undertake a visit to that site. Currently we provide short notice for those visits, which is less than 24 hours, because the site has to give us advice on their infection standing, and we have to give them assurance that our staff coming in are well versed in infection control practice. So, we’re giving short notice of those visits at the moment.

We’re looking to move back to and recommence unannounced visits sometime in June—literally just around the corner. In the next two or three weeks we will be recommencing unannounced assessment contacts on a risk basis to services where we have advice that there may be a risk to residents.

Janet Anderson  – Original Transcript

With Coverage, our Aged Care Quality Standard platform, you can take control of your assessment responses and be ready for audits in minutes.

Umbrella Solutions has developed a simple to use system that helps providers transition from a reactive approach to proactive management of the Aged Care Quality Standards.

Our customers can produce a current audit report, self-assessment or Plan for Continuous Improvement in seconds for all of their Home Care or Residential Services, not matter where they are.

So, if you are worried about how quickly you can respond an unannounced audit, we’ve got you covered.

You can order Coverage online in seconds, and we are offering two months free until June 30^th 2020. Simply go to  https://umbrella.solutions/store/ or get in touch with our helpful crew at hello@umbrella.solutions

This offer has expired, however we do have 1 month free available here.

Negotiating social distancing and infection control during this time can be challenging, particularly when it comes to our most vulnerable Australians. We are hearing from our customers and other providers that due to the recent guidelines from the government, many non-frontline staff are now working remotely.

During this time, it’s more important than ever to ensure visibility over your services and their adherence to the new Standards, and an excellent opportunity for non-frontline staff working from home to catch up on tasks that, although essential, can fall by the wayside. But ensuring collaboration and minimising error in a remote workforce can be tricky.

That’s why we are offering all residential and home care services free access to Coverage by Umbrella Solutions for 2 months to allow your administration staff to access our unique solution which enables collaboration whilst working from home.

In case you’re not familiar, Coverage is an online system that helps aged care providers manage the new Aged Care Quality Standards.

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With Coverage, you can quickly collect evidence and responses for each Standard and instantly produce reports for Self-Assessments, Audit and Plans for Continuous Improvements.

You can also report across multiple facilities and home care services, as well as keeping tabs on any sanctions or notices of non-compliance.

There is absolutely no obligation to continue with Coverage after the free two-month period and we will package up and return your data should you wish to stop using Coverage.

Good luck and stay safe!

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