Peninsula Village passes audit

A retirement village in Umina has received a successful compliance assessment in its standard three-yearly site audit undertaken by the Department of Health and Ageing this month.

Peninsula Village was assessed against standards detailed in the Quality of Care Principles 1997, which cover management systems, staffing and organisational development, health and personal care, resident lifestyle, physical environment and safe systems.

Each standard consists of a principle and a number of expected outcomes.

There are 44 expected outcomes across the standards and homes must comply with all 44 expected outcomes at all times.

The accreditors, during their closing meeting, said they were "very impressed and happy about the caring and friendly staff" at Peninsula Village.

They also mentioned they received positive feedback from residents and representatives about care provided in the village and were impressed with the education of staff and the revised emergency plan.

Comment was made that there were so many continuous improvement projects to choose from that it was overwhelming to choose just two and that the Wellness Centre and Pastoral Carer were wonderful initiatives.

Peninsula Village is a not for profit organisation that provides care and support to over 450 residents.

The Village provides both low and high care services, with self-care units also a part of the Umina premises.

Media Release, 27 Apr 2012

Linda Grant, Peninsula Village