GEN data: Care needs of people in aged care

Confidentialised unit record file (CURF) with selected information about the care needs of people in residential care – based on their last valid Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) assessment, or prior to 2023, their last valid Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) assessment – as at 30 June. This CURF accompanies the People's care needs in aged care topic.

Data are provided in an Excel file and include the following variables:

• Date: year
• Geography: state/territory
• Assessment: AN-ACC classification, mobility category
• Recipient: sex, age group, Indigenous status, preferred language, country of birth

History of changes

• In October 2022, the AN-ACC replaced the ACFI as the tool for assessing the care needs of people entering and living in permanent residential aged care. ACFI scores for activities of daily living (ADL), behaviour and cognition (BEH) and complex health care (CHC) are replaced with AN-ACC classification and mobility category in the CURFs from 2022–23 onwards.
• There are fewer records in the 2007-08 CURF because the ACFI was first introduced in March 2008.
• The dementia flag was removed from all CURFs in October 2020 for de-identification purposes.
• From 2025, the data are provided in an Excel file, instead of zipped file.