What were the Key Findings of the Mapping Exercise?

Comparison of the standards for government funded community care programs showed many areas of commonality. Other than the MPS Principles, all had a strong focus on: • individual consumer outcomes • assessment • review • co-ordination and planning of consumer services • informing consumers of their rights and service choices There were fewer areas of compatability between the government standards and accreditation standards While there was much commonality across government funded programs, there were also notable differences e.g. • the CACP and the EACH standards did not explicitly address the areas of service management quality risk system or risk management and neither were formally monitored in the QR process • the HACC standards did not specifically address the need for formal quality systems or risk management systems. Other than the MPS Principles, there was good general comparability between the principles or intent of the assessed standards. The key issues and differences ...