About ACCPA
The Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) is the national Industry Association for aged care providers offering retirement living, seniors housing, residential care, home care, community care and related services.
ACCPA exists to unite aged care providers under a shared vision to enhance the wellbeing of older Australians through a high performing, trusted and sustainable aged care sector. We are stronger together.
We support our members to provide high quality care and services while amplifying your views and opinions through an authoritative and comprehensive voice to the government, community and media.
We understand that effective representation is best achieved through facilitated sector collaboration, research and advocacy.
We ensure that all ACCPA members are equally represented and valued, regardless of your organisational size, structure, location or service offerings.
ACCPA membership is open to all providers of aged and community care services, retirement living, seniors housing and aligned services.
Our Purpose
To lead, advocate and provide support, advice and guidance to aged care providers to ensure a high performing and sustainable aged care sector so that older Australians can live their best lives.
Our Vision
To enhance the wellbeing of older Australians through a high performing, trusted and sustainable aged care sector.
Our Strategic Objectives
The ACCPA Board and Executive team has crafted four strategic objectives, supported by 20 priorities, that will shape our future direction as we work together to achieve our shared vision to enhance the wellbeing of older Australians:
Purposeful advocacy, informed by evidence and the views and experiences of our members and consumers
1. Build an evidence based vision and roadmap for the future of aged care and housing that places older people at its heart.
2. Position ACCPA as a credible, influential and trusted voice.
3. Provide proactive and responsive advocacy on the issues that matter most to our members and consumers.
4. Call out ageism wherever and whenever we see it and make meaningful progress towards a society that truly values and respects older people and those who support them.
5. Create a positive profile for our members and the aged care, retirement living, and seniors housing sectors.
Unite, through leadership and alliances, the voices of aged care reform
1. Ensure that the voices of our members guide everything we do.
2. Actively listen to the voices of residents, consumers and carers and engage them in co-design.
3. Build alliances and partnerships that drive positive change and
sector sustainability.
4. Collaborate with stakeholders to raise the profile and reputation of our sector.
5. Engage globally to share, develop and define leading practice.
Encourage a capable, innovative and trusted sector that has continuous improvement at its heart
1. Attract, retain and upskill the aged care workforce to meet the needs of the sector.
2. Drive a culture of continuous improvement to support the delivery of high quality, safe and sustainable services.
3. Facilitate and encourage
partnerships that nurture innovation and deliver purposeful change.
4. Enable learning, collaboration and sharing of knowledge,
experience and World-class practice across the sector.
5. Support aspiring and current leaders in all roles to learn, practice and be recognised for
effective and contemporary leadership and governance.
Build ACCPA’s capability and culture to deliver for members
1. Build an empowered and
collaborative, learning culture that celebrates our vision, purpose and values.
2. Invest in our people and create an environment with innovation and experimentation at its core.
3. Value the diversity, wellbeing and talent of our people.
4. Deliver excellent member experience and value, that positions ACCPA membership
as indispensable.
5. Position ACCPA as an agile organisation with capacity for growth.
Compliance with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2023
ACCPA has submitted its first Gender Equality Report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency in early 2024. This is a valuable step in continuing to strengthen our key strategies to ensure we are delivering on, and are recognised for, gender equality, diversity and inclusion at ACCPA.
Access the Workplace Profile and Workplace Management Statistics reports as well as the Public Questionnaire.
