Governing for quality and safety

A new province for boards of Australian aged care and disability support providers

Bibliographic Data

ID11228629
AuthorsAlan Hough (0000-0002-5004-447X, LaTrobe University and Purpose at Work Ltd. Melbourne Victoria Australia, corresponding author), Myles McGregor‐Lowndes (0000-0002-4279-0421, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Queensland Australia)
Year2023
Volume58
Issue2
Pages412-424
Publication date2023-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajs4.229
OpenAlexW4286447924
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

The Australian Royal Commissions on aged care quality and safety, and on violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability, have raised important questions about the degree to which boards of directors of aged care and disability support providers are assuring that the organisations they govern are providing quality and safe services. This article addresses the question of to what extent changes in legislation and regulatory standards in aged care and disability create new expectations of these boards and directors. Although directors have long been held to have a duty of care and diligence, and to have responsibility for determining and monitoring an organisation's services, these expectations have been elevated to a new level in relation to quality and safety

Aged care · Business · Diligence · Due diligence · Duty · Duty of care · Legislation · Neglect · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Quality (philosophy · Community Development and Social Impact · Elder Abuse and Neglect · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Finance

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