Aged Care Risk Assessment Templates

Aged care environments involve a mix of personal care, clinical support, maintenance tasks and contractor activities. A structured Risk Assessment process helps ensure that hazards affecting workers, residents and visitors are identified and controlled.

BlueSafe provides a set of Aged Care Risk Assessment templates suitable for residential aged care, disability accommodation and community care services.

These documents help providers meet WHS requirements and demonstrate due diligence during audits, accreditation and regulator visits.

What’s Included in Aged Care Risk Assessment Templates?

Each Aged Care Risk Assessment template typically includes:

• space to describe the task, area and responsible person
• prompts for identifying WHS hazards in care and support environments
• risk rating tables and guidance
• sections to document existing and additional controls
• residual risk evaluation and review dates
• sign-off by managers or supervisors

These templates can be used for one-off tasks or built into your ongoing WHS program.

When to Use Aged Care Risk Assessments

Use these Risk Assessment templates when:

• introducing new equipment, environments or work methods
• planning maintenance or construction work within facilities
• reviewing manual handling or client transfer practices
• responding to incidents or near misses involving WHS hazards

Risk Assessments complement SWMS and procedures by providing a higher-level view of hazards and controls.

Why Aged Care Providers Use BlueSafe Risk Assessments

• ✔ Tailored to aged and disability care environments
• ✔ Easy for managers and WHS officers to complete
• ✔ Fully editable Word format
• ✔ Free addition of your logo and service details
• ✔ Suitable for single facilities and multi-site providers

Aged Care Risk Assessment Overview

Aged Care Risk Assessment templates help you manage WHS risks associated with work tasks in residential and community care.
Use them together with your SWMS, policies and clinical risk tools to build a robust safety system for staff and residents.