ABS
|
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ACAP
|
Aged Care Assessment Program |
ACAT
|
Aged Care Assessment Team |
ACDW
|
Ageing and Aged Care Data Warehouse |
ACFI
|
Aged Care Funding Instrument |
ACFR
|
Aged Care Financial Report |
ACHA
|
Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged [Program] |
ACMPS
|
Aged Care Management Payment System |
ACPR
|
Aged Care Planning Region |
ACT
|
Australian Capital Territory |
ACQSC
|
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission |
AIHW
|
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
AIR
|
Australian Immunisation Register |
AN-ACC
|
Australian National Aged Care Classification |
ASGS
|
Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
Aus
|
Australia |
CACP
|
Community Aged Care Program |
CALD
|
culturally and linguistically diverse |
CASPER
|
Client and Service Provider E-analysis and Reporting [data warehouse] |
Census
|
Census of Population and Housing |
CHSP
|
Commonwealth Home Support Programme |
CN
|
Community Nursing [Program] |
CURF
|
confidentialised unit record file |
DEX
|
Data Exchange |
DISC
|
Data Integration Services Centre |
DTC
|
Day Therapy Centres [Program] |
DVA
|
Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
EACH
|
Extended Aged Care at Home |
EACHD
|
Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia |
ED
|
emergency department |
ESS
|
extra service status |
FRAACS
|
Financial Report on the Australian Aged Care Sector |
GPMS
|
Government Provider Management System |
HACC
|
Home and Community Care |
HCP
|
Home Care Packages [Program] |
HREC
|
human research ethics committee |
IAT
|
Integrated Assessment Tool |
ICP
|
Innovative Care Programme |
IHACPA
|
Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority |
LGA
|
Local Government Area |
LOS
|
length of stay |
MAC
|
My Aged Care [website and contact centre] |
MBS
|
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
MDS
|
minimum data set |
MERLIN
|
Management of Expenditure and Resident Linked Information Network |
MMM
|
Modified Monash Model |
MPS
|
Multi-Purpose Services [Program] |
NACDA
|
National Aged Care Data Asset |
NACDC
|
National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse |
NAPS
|
National Approved Provider System |
NATSIFAC
|
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care [Program] |
NBPDS
|
national best practice data set |
NDI
|
National Death Index |
NHDH
|
National Health Data Hub |
NMDS
|
national minimum data set |
NRCP
|
National Respite for Carers Program |
NSAF
|
National Screening and Assessment Form |
NSW
|
New South Wales |
NT
|
Northern Territory |
OT
|
Other Territories |
PBS
|
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
PHN
|
Primary Health Network |
PIAC
|
Pathways in Aged Care |
QFS
|
Quarterly Financial Snapshot |
QI
|
National Mandatory Quality Indicator [Program] |
Qld
|
Queensland |
RA
|
remoteness area |
RAC
|
residential aged care |
RAS
|
Regional Assessment Service [Program] |
RCS
|
Residential Classification Scale |
ROACA
|
Report on the Operation of the Age Care Act |
RoGS
|
Report on Government Services |
RPBS
|
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
SA
|
South Australia |
SA3
|
Statistical Area Level 3 |
SPARC
|
System for the Payment of Aged Residential Care |
STRC
|
Short-Term Restorative Care [Programme] |
Tas
|
Tasmania |
TCP
|
Transition Care Programme |
VHC
|
Veterans’ Home Care [Program] |
Vic
|
Victoria |
WA
|
Western Australia |
YPIRAC
|
younger people in residential aged care |
