The objective of the Code is to provide an agreed industry approach to ensure aged care Residents are provided the opportunity to receive Visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic, while minimising the risk of its introduction to, or spread within, a residential aged care home (a Home).
The Industry Code for Visiting Residential Aged Care Homes During COVID-19 (the Code) was reviewed on 6 August 2021, and re-endorsed by Australian Health Principal Protection Committee (AHPPC) given the emergence of more virulent strains of COVID-19. AHHPPC has released advice to implement the National Cabinet decision that at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine be administered by 17 September for residential aged care Workers.
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