A nursing home is absolutely not like a hospital. In aged care facilities and retirement homes, the staff will never enter your room without knocking first or being asked in. The only exceptions are if there is an emergency, or if you are in a shared bedroom

The Charter of Residents Rights and Responsibilities quite clearly states that residents of residential care services have the right to be treated with dignity and respect, and have the right to personal privacy (among many other things). The Charter contains your rights as a resident in an aged care home or nursing home.

Therefore, no staff member should ever enter your room without your permission, since your room is where you have your own personal privacy. However, if there is an emergency, such as if you have injured yourself or there is a fire, the staff will then be allowed to enter your room unannounced.

Also, if you are sharing a room with someone else, their nursing care and your personal privacy must be balanced together. The staff will do everything possible to ensure, even if you are in a shared room, that you have as much privacy as is possible.