What is an audit?

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We sometimes check on aged care homes to find out:

We call this an audit.

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Audits are important.

They help keep you safe.

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Audits help us check if your aged care home follows our rules.

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A group of people will do the audit.

We call them the ‘audit team’.

There are usually 2 people on the audit team.

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They know how to tell when aged care homes do a good job.

The audit team doesn’t work for:

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Your aged care home will have an audit.

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This will happen every 18 months.

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You can take part in the audit.

But you don’t have to.

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We explain how audits work in How does an audit work?