Person—living arrangement, dementia code NN
Data Element Attributes
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Living arrangement of person with dementia |
METEOR identifier: | 737921 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2022 |
Definition: | Whether a person diagnosed with dementia usually resides alone or with others, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—living arrangement |
Value Domain: | Dementia living arrangement code NN |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | On occasion, difficulties can arise in deciding the living arrangement of a person due to their type of accommodation (in particular, someone who lives in a private room within a retirement village, residential aged care facility, boarding house, hostel, or group home). In these circumstances, the person is considered to be living with other people, and should be coded as follows:
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Collection methods: | Generally this metadata item is collected for the person's usual living arrangement, but may also, if required, be collected for a person's main living arrangement or living arrangement at a particular time reference point. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Related metadata references: | See also Person—living arrangement, code N[N] Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 See also Person—residential setting, dementia code NN Health, Standard 05/10/2022 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Dementia NBPDS Health, Standard 05/10/2022 |