AQAA: Care homes for older people
Download the forms and guidance to complete your annual quality assurance assessment (AQAA).
Download the AQAA form
To make it easier for you to fill in the form, we have provided two versions of the AQAA form:
Standard version
AQAA form for care homes for older people, standard electronic version (DOC, 922KB, opens in new win
Unlocked version
This version should allow you to cut and paste into the AQAA form and use your own word processing software. If you use the unlocked AQAA form, make sure you haven't deleted or altered any questions before sending it back to us.
AQAA form for care homes for older people, unlocked version (DOC, 610KB, opens in new window)
Read the guidance
The annual quality assurance assessment is in two parts:
- A self-assessment that asks you to tell us how well you think you are meeting the needs of the people who use your service. (We will be using the current outcome groups contained in the national minimum standards for your type of service.)
- A data set that asks you to give us some basic facts and figures about your service.
Make sure you read the guidance for each part to help you fill in the form:
AQAA Self Assessment Guidance (DOC, 144KB, opens in new window)
AQAA dataset guidance for care homes (DOC, 156KB, opens in new window)
What to do with the form
We will contact you when it's time for you to send us your filled in annual quality assurance assessment. You will have four weeks from when we contact you to return the form.
Please send the form by email to your regional contact team:
If you have problems downloading the form or filling it in, please contact us:
