National Intake and Carer Needs Assessment: Consultation Paper

To review the way information on clients and carers is currently used, with the aim to improve consistency in client and carer assessment for eligibility and need.

In this section:

Quality Reporting: Report and Options Paper - Final Report

South Australia Pathways and Infrastructure Mapping Final Report

Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC)/ Home and Community Care (HACC) Analysis

Targeting in Community Care: A Review of Recent Literature and Analysis of the Aged Care Assessment Program Minimum Data Set

Tasmanian Pathways and Infrastructure Mapping - Final Report

The ACCNA Field Trial Interim Report October 2006

The Australian Community Care Needs Assessment (ACCNA) – Towards a National Standard - Full Report

The CENA Field Trial Interim Report, Part 1 Results November 2006

The CENA Field Trial Interim Report, Part 2 Recommendations November 2006

The Community-Based Aged Care Workforce - Part Two: Characteristics of Community-based Aged Care Workforce (including Volunteers) in Selected Countries and Technology and the Community-based Aged Care Workforce: Possible Workforce Impacts

This Consultation Paper was the first phase of the National Intake and Carers Needs Assessment Project.

The aim of the consultation was to collect information from service agencies about current practices and tools being used for assessment of eligibility and need in the sector.

The results of this Project are contained in the following two reports:

The Australian Community Care Needs Assessment (ACCNA): towards a national standards

A National Approach to Assessing the Needs of Carers

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