Nick Xenophon (SA, Nick Xenophon Team) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senators Griff and Kakoschke-Moore, move:

That—

(a) the Senate notes that:

  (i) on 20 April 2017 it was announced that the Makk and McLeay Aged Mental Health Care Service at Oakden (Oakden) in South Australia, the state-Government-run nursing home for vulnerable dementia patients, would be shut in the wake of allegations of mistreatment at the facility,

  (ii) the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA) has a responsibility to accredit Australian-Government-subsidised aged care homes, and had accredited Oakden,

  (iii) the chief executive of the AACQA, visited the facility after the announced closures and conceded that Oaken was one of the "poorest examples" of nursing homes he had experienced,

  (iv) the AACQA is now conducting a review on its own performance in relation to the accreditation of Oakden, and

  (v) there is always danger in self-assessment by Government agencies; and

(b) there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Aged Care, by no later than 5 pm on 11 May 2017, the following Oakden-related documents for the period 2007 to date:

  (i) all accreditation site audit reports,

  (ii) all assessment information documents,

  (iii) all assessment contact reports, both announced and unannounced,

  (iv) all decisions to accredit or not accredit and associated reasons,

  (v) any recommendations to impose sanctions,

  (vi) all referrals from the Department of Health to the AACQA, and

  (vii) all statements of major findings.