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Privacy Policy

As a Commonwealth funded Aged Care Provider, we follow the Aged Care Act 2024. More information on the Act can be found here.

Quality Framework

Aged Care Quality Standards

The new Act ensures strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards. These seven standards are as follows:

  • The individual
  • The organisation
  • The care and services
  • The environment
  • Clinical care
  • Food and nutrition
  • The residential community

Two of the main changes are ensuring that our clients understand the new Statement of Rights and improving how we manage feedback and complaints. A copy of our Feedback and Complaints Policy can be found here.

Ethical Standards

Our Professional Code of Ethics

Meals on Wheels is committed to a Professional Code of Ethics, which provides a framework of professional behaviours, values and principles for the employees of Meals on Wheels.

The following values are central to our Professional Code of Ethics:

  • Integrity
  • Honesty
  • Respect
  • Justice
  • Courage
  • Community and social responsibility
  • Cultural awareness
  • Inclusiveness

Data Protection

Privacy and records control

The Village Chef – by Meals on Wheels is committed to securely storing records and documents appropriate to the business while ensuring confidentiality is maintained.

We are committed to the State Records Act 1988, the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles 2014. Information collected is used for the delivery of the service and to fulfil statutory requirements and not for any other purpose.