Person—living arrangement, code N

DSS specific information:

The CSTDA NMDS defines ‘usual’ as where the person usually resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

In most instances, homeless people should be coded as living alone.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 3 Lives with others includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

DSS specific information:

The CSTDA NMDS defines ‘usual’ as where the person usually resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

In most instances, homeless people should be coded as living alone.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 3 Lives with others includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2009

DSS specific information:

The DS NMDS defines ‘usual’ as where the person usually resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

In most instances, homeless people should be coded as living alone.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 3 Lives with others includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2010

DSS specific information:

The DS NMDS defines ‘usual’ as where the person usually resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

In most instances, homeless people should be coded as living alone.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 3 Lives with others includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011

DSS specific information:

The DS NMDS defines ‘usual’ as where the person usually resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

In most instances, homeless people should be coded as living alone.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 3 Lives with others includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

DSS specific information:

The DS NMDS defines ‘usual’ as where the person usually resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

The service user's living arrangements must relate to the same place described in the 'service user postcode' and 'residential setting'.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 3 'Lives with others' includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

DSS specific information:

The Disability Services Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) defines ‘usual’ as where the person usually resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

The service user's living arrangements must relate to the same place described in the 'service user postcode' and 'residential setting'.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 3 'Lives with others' includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016

DSS specific information:

The Disability Services Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) defines ‘usual’ as where the person usually resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

The service user's living arrangements must relate to the same place described in the service user postcode ('Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}') and 'Person—residential setting, NDA code N[N]'.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 3 'Lives with others' includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

DSS specific information:

The Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) defines ‘usual’ as where the person resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

The service user's living arrangements must relate to the same place described in the service user postcode ('Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}') and 'Person—residential setting, accommodation type (NDA) code N[N]'.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 3 'Lives with others' includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

DSS specific information:

The Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) defines ‘usual’ as where the person resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

The service user's living arrangements must relate to the same place described in the service user postcode ('Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN') and 'Person—residential setting, accommodation type (NDA) code N[N]'.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 2 'Lives with family' includes living with parents, a partner (married, de facto and same sex relationships), male relatives (sons, brothers, uncles, nephews, male cousins, grandfathers, male grandchildren, step sons and so on), female relatives (daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, female cousins, grandmothers, female grandchildren, step daughters and so on) and foster family.

Code 3 'Lives with others' includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019

DSS specific information:

The Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) defines ‘usual’ as where the person resides for four or more days per week on average. If it is difficult to determine the person’s ‘usual’ residential setting for the reporting period, the setting the person resided in during the reference week, and their living arrangements in that setting, should be reported.

The service user's living arrangements must relate to the same place described in the service user postcode ('Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN') and 'Person—residential setting, accommodation type (NDA) code N[N]'.

People living in residential settings such as group homes and hostels may consider that they live alone or live with others. The expressed views of the service user should be used to determine whether they live alone or with others.

Code 2 'Lives with family' includes living with parents, a partner (married, de facto and same sex relationships), male relatives (sons, brothers, uncles, nephews, male cousins, grandfathers, male grandchildren, step sons and so on), female relatives (daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, female cousins, grandmothers, female grandchildren, step daughters and so on) and foster family.

Code 3 'Lives with others' includes sharing with friends or a carer (where the carer is not a family member).