There are two different presentations for this indicator:
Presentation 1: Numerator only
Presentation 2: 1,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Numerator:
Number of ACAP assessments completed
Numerator data elements:
Denominator:
Population aged 70 years and over (or 50 years to 69 years for Indigenous Australians)
Denominator data elements:
Disaggregation data elements:
Comments:
Specified disaggregation: State/territory by age group (<50, 50–64, 65–69, 70–74, 75–79, 80–84, 85–89, 90+ years), Indigenous status, remoteness area and SEIFA of service provider.
Available disaggregation: State/territory by age group (<50, 50–64, 65–69, 70–74, 75–79, 80–84, 85–89, 90+ years), Indigenous status, remoteness area and SEIFA of service provider.
Most recent data available for 2010 CRC baseline report: 2007-08
Department of Health and Ageing/Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Other issues caveats:
Disaggregations within individual jurisdictions are subject to data quality considerations. Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication.
ACAP assessment is required to access residential aged care, Community Aged Care Packages (CACP), Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH), EACH Dementia (EACH-D) and the Transition Care Program. ACAP assessment is not required for Home and Community Care (HACC) and Veterans’ Home Care (VHC).
This indicator presents the number of aged care assessment completed during a 12 month period. A larger number of aged care assessments would be conducted over this period but a proportion of these are not completed and do not proceed for formal delegate approval of care. Reasons for non-completion of commenced assessments include changes in accommodation circumstances, changes in carer circumstances etc. This indicator does therefore not represent all assessment activity undertaken by Aged Care Assessment Teams during a 12 month period.
