Aged Care
- Accreditation and standards
Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd.
http://www.accreditation.org.au/accreditation/ - Aged Care Act
Australian Government (legislation) – Quality of Care Principles 1997
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2011C00126 - Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Australia
http://www.fightdementia.org.au/ - Community Care Common Standards
Department of Health and Ageing:
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-commcare-qualrep-standards.htm - Dementia
Alzheimer’s Australia:
http://www.fightdementia.org.au/ - Health and Ageing
Australian Government
Link: http://www.seniors.gov.au/ - Healthcare and safety standards
The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards
http://www.achs.org.au/equip5 - Palliative care
Palliative Care Australia:
http://www.palliativecare.org.au/ - Rights and responsibilities
The Aged-Care Rights Service (TARS)
http://www.tars.com.au/
Queensland Aged and Disability Advocacy Inc.
http://www.qada.org.au/default.htm - Veterans’ Affairs
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
http://www.dva.gov.au/Pages/home.aspx - Home and Community Care Act 1985 – Queensland
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2004C00501
Alcohol and other drugs
- Australia
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
http://www.adca.org.au/
Anglican Church of Australia
- Australia
Anglican Church of Australia
http://www.anglican.org.au/ - Brisbane
Anglican Diocese of Brisbane
http://www.anglicanbrisbane.org.au - North Queensland
Anglican Diocese of North Queensland
http://anglicannq.wordpress.com/ - Rockhampton
Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton
http://www.anglicanrock.org.au/ - Financial Services
Anglican Financial Services
http://www.anfin.com.au/
Anglicare
- Anglicare Australia
Anglicare Australia
http://www.anglicare.asn.au/
Anti-discrimination
- Legislation (Queensland)
Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/aa1991204/ - Queensland
Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland
http://www.antidiscrimination.gov.au/www/nadig/nadig.nsf/Page/Queensland - Australia
Australian Human Rights Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
Carers information
- Australia
Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centres
http://www9.health.gov.au/ccsd/ - Queensland
Carers Queensland
http://www.carersqld.asn.au/
Commonwealth Home and Community Care programs
- Commonwealth Hacc Program Manual Apr12
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Download here » - Terms and Conditions for aged care funding Mar12
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Disability services
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A04426 - Disability Services Queensland
Department of Communities (Disability and Community Care Services)
http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/disability/ - Disability Services Queensland Standards
Department of Communities (Disability and Community Care Services)
http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/disability/key-projects/disability-sector-quality-system/publications-tools-and-resources/publications/queensland-disability-service-standards-booklet - Rights and responsibilities
Queensland Aged and Disability Advocacy Inc.
http://www.qada.org.au/default.htm
Foster care
- Queensland
Department of Communities (Child Safety Services)
http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/childsafety/foster-care/foster-a-future - Australia
Australian Foster Care Association
http://www.fostercare.org.au/
Health
- Health and Information for Women
Women’s Health Queensland Wide Inc.
http://www.womhealth.org.au/
Homelessness
- Homeless
Homelessness Australia
http://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/site/index.php
Information privacy
- Queensland
Information Privacy Act 2009
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/ACTS/2009/09AC014.pdf
Spiritual care
- Australia
Spiritual Care Australia
http://www.spiritualcareaustralia.org.au/
Veterans’ Affairs
- Veterans’ Affairs
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
http://www.dva.gov.au/Pages/home.aspx
Volunteering
- Queensland
Volunteering Queensland
http://www.volunteeringqld.org.au/home/ - Australia
Volunteering Australia
http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/html/s01_home/home.asp
Information for Contractors
- Age Discrimination Act 2004
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A01302 - Auditor General Act 1997
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A05248 - Code of Conduct in Section 13 of the Public Service Act 1999
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/psa1999152/s13.html - Community Care Common Standards
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-commcare-qualrep-standards.htm - Copy Right Act 1968
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/ - Crimes Act 1914
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A07391 - Criminal Code Act 1995
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/ACTS/1995/95AC037.pd - Disability Discrimination Act 1992
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A04426 - Disability Services Qld Standards
http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/disability/key-projects/disability-sector-quality-system/overview-of-the-disability-sector-quality-system/standards/queensland-disability-service-standards - Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A03332 - Home and Community Care Act 1985 – Queensland
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A03223 - Information Privacy Act 2009
www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/ACTS/2009/09AC014.pdf - Ombudsman Act 1976
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A01611 - Principles of the Charter of Public Service in a Culturally Diverse Society
www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/access-equity/access-equity-2005/Chapter2.pdf - Privacy Act 1988
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/pa1988108/ - Quality of Care Principles 1997
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2011C00126 - Racial Discrimination Act 1975
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/
Series/C2004A00274 - Sex Discrimination Act 1984
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2004A02868 - Standards for Residential Aged Care Services
http://www.accreditation.org.au/accreditation/ - The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) © EQuIP5 Standards Clinical
http://www.achs.org.au/equip5 - Work Health and Safety Act 2011
www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/W/WorkHSA11.pdf - Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011
www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/SLS/2011/11SL240.pdf - Workplace health and safety
Department of Justice and the Attorney-General (Workplace Health and Safety Queensland)
http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/workplace/law/whslaws/index.htm
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