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Policy & guidelines
This section of the site contains documents that articulate the Victorian
Government’s policy directions for aged care:
- Supported Residential Services
Provides information about the role of the Department of Health in regulating the SRS sector including registration, monitoring processes and complaint investigation on the Policy and guidelines page.
- Personal Alert Victoria
The program and service guidelines have been developed for use by managers of
PAV designated assessment agencies and their staff undertaking PAV assessments,
PAV service providers, policy makers, and Department of Health staff.
The guidelines detail the PAV operational policies and procedures.
- Elder abuse prevention
With respect to age – 2009 is the new Victorian Government practice guidelines for health services and community agencies for the prevention of elder abuse.
- Hoarding and squalor - 2012
The Department of Health is undertaking a short term project that will lead to development of a service response framework to address hoarding and squalor. A discussion paper documents what is known about hoarding and squalor related behaviours and existing clinical and practical service response in Victoria. This paper may be found in the Publications section of this site.
- Dementia
Dementia services policy and practice.
- Carers
Charter, policy and guidelines supporting people in care relationships.
- Aged Care Land Bank
This pilot program assists not-for-profit residential aged care providers
to develop new services in areas of high need through the provision of
concessional public land.
- Generic
briefs
These briefs provide guidelines for the planning and design of the following
types of health and aged care facilities:
- Aged Care Assessment Services
- Aged Care Residential Services
- Community Rehabilitation Centres
- Hospice Unit
- Integrated Rural Health Services
- Sub-Acute Care Facilities and Specialist Clinic
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