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Aged care functional assessment and care needs: Technical guide

Author:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Released:
28 August 2026
Summary

The Aged care functional assessment and care needs: Technical guide is a practical reference resource designed to help users identify and understand how functional assessment and care needs information is captured across four aged care programs operated by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (and data collections held by the AIHW): My Aged Care (MAC) screening, Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) and the National Aged Care Quality Indicator (QI) Program.