Sydney Hearing 3
Accommodation
Sydney Hearing 3 inquired into the physical setting in which aged care is delivered and where a person receiving aged care lives are inextricable elements of a person’s experience of aged care.
Date: 13 and 14 August 2020
Location: There was no public access. Watch the hearing through the Royal Commission's YouTube channel.
Time: 3:10pm AEST (13 August 2020)
The hearing commenced at 3.10pm (AEST) on Wednesday, 13 August 2020. It can be viewed through the Royal Commission's YouTube channel.
To explore the topic of accommodation, the Royal Commissioners held a public hearing to consider issues including:
- appropriate building and design standards for aged care delivery
- physical design and models of residential aged care, including ‘small home models’ and dementia-friendly design
- access to secure housing for aged care delivery
- incentivising movement to alternative accommodation for the provision of aged care services
- innovative accommodation models for ageing in place and interaction with aged care supports.
Further information
- Sydney Hearing 3 closed on Friday 14 August 2020.
- Applications for leave to appear at the public hearing closed 5pm (ACST) on Friday 31 July 2020.
- Copies of documents relating to this hearing are available below.
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Directions
General directions
Documents
Post-hearing submission
Transcripts
Witness list
Publications
The Royal Commission will publish its reports and other papers as they become available. A range of research papers, background papers and related publications are also available.