Aged Care Quality Standards
ACQS25-5.14 Identifying situations that may change behaviour
Clause and reference 15-30(14) of the Aged Care Rules 2025 · our reference ACQS25-5.14
The requirement
The provider spots the situations and events that can shift a person's behaviour.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: Aged Care Quality Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Behaviour support plans identifying triggers
- Records of causes investigated after behaviour change
- Restrictive practice minimisation records
What assessors commonly find
- Behaviours managed with medication without cause analysis
What evidence do I need?
For ACQS25-5.14 Identifying situations that may change behaviour, the evidence to bring is: Behaviour support plans identifying triggers; Records of causes investigated after behaviour change. It sits under Standard 5 - Clinical care and the instrument's own clause is 15-30(14). Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me behaviour support plans identifying triggers, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
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