COVID-19 Hotspots and High-Risk Venues
As a provider of Residential Aged Care (RAC) RSL LifeCare receives specific instructions and guidance from NSW Health and ACT Health on restricting visitors to our residential aged care facilities. RSL LifeCare must follow these restrictions.
You can read the advice that we are issued by NSW Health here.
You can read the advice that we are issued by ACT Health here.
Rules for entering RAC facilities
- No staff or visitor can enter a RAC facility if they are a close contact of a person with confirmed COVID-19 and are within their isolation period
- No individual should enter a RAC if in the last 14 days they have knowingly been exposed to anyone who has been tested and is awaiting results or has tested positive for, COVID-19.
- No individual should enter a RAC if in the last 14 days they have knowingly in the last 14 days been exposed to anyone who has symptoms of: cough, sore throat, fever greater than 37.5c, fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea, diarrhoea, or headache.
- No individual should enter a RAC if they feel well have any symptoms of COVID-19 and have tested positive for COVID-19.
- No individual should enter a RAC if they or any person in their household has returned from overseas (including New Zealand) or visited in the last 14 days, any hotspots, listed by the Department of Health in an Australian state/territory (see the section below Hotspot Contact Tracing/ Venue website for each State).
- All staff, essential visitors and contractors must always wear a surgical face mask in a residential aged care facility in NSW
- All individuals who enter the RAC must abide by the social distancing rules of 1 person per 1.5 square meters.
- All visitors aged 12 years and over to aged care facilities in NSW must have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days before their visit unless they can provide a COVID-19 medical contraindication certificate, or the visit is for end of life.
- Visitors to aged care facilities in the ACT are no longer required to be double vaccinated, but it is strongly recommended.
NSW Specific Screening
All RACs in NSW must exclude visitors and or staff based on the rules listed below. There are different rules for who is excluded and the period they should be excluded from. Please check the table below carefully
| Location/ State | Geographical area/LGA/ location | Who does this apply to? | Period to exclude from |
| International | Any international location | Staff & visitors | Past 14 days |
ACT Specific Screening Rules
All RACs in the ACT must exclude visitors and or staff based on the rules listed below. There are different rules for who is excluded and the period they should be excluded from. Please check the table below carefully
| Location/ State | Geographical area/LGA/ location | Who does this apply to? | Period to exclude from |
| International | Any international location | Staff & visitors | Past 14 days |
| New South Wales | NSW LGAs: Albruy, Cessnock, Greater Hume, Kemsey, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Wentworth | Staff & Visitors | Past 14 days |
| Victoria | Banyule, Bayside, Boroondara, Brimbank, Cardinia, Casey, Darebin, Frankston, Glen Eira, Greater Dandenong, Hobsons Bay, Hume, Kingston, Knox, Manningham, Maribyrnong, Maroondah, Melbourne, Melton, Monash, Moonee Valley, Moreland, Mornington Peninsula, Nillumbik, Port Phillip, Stonnington, Whitehorse, Whittlesea, Wyndham, Yarra Yarra Ranges, Baw Baw, Benalla, Greater Bendigo, Greater Geelong, Greater Shepparton, Latrobe, Mildura, Mitchell Shire, Moorabook, Macedon, Swan Hill, Wangaratta, Wodonga | Staff & Visitors | Past 14 days |
Hotspot Contact Tracing/ Venue website for each State
Below are links to State Government webpages that detail the hotspot venues in that relevant state. Before visiting an RSL LifeCare site individuals should carefully check these websites to ensure they have not been to any hotspot venue in any state.
If any individual has been to any of these venues, they should not enter any of our premises and following all the listed health directions
| State/ country |
| ACT |
| New South Wales |
| Queensland |
| South Australia |
| Victoria |
| Western Australia |
| New Zealand |
Download a brochure
We'll never share your email address and you can opt out at any time, we promise
