Mental health carer

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	515278
Registration status:	Health, Standard 07/03/2014
Definition:	A person who has a caring role for a person with a mental health problem or mental illness. They could be family, friends or staff and be paid or unpaid. The role of the carer is not necessarily static or permanent, and may vary over time according to the needs of the consumer and carer.

Source and reference attributes
Origin:	Australian Health Ministers 2009. Fourth national mental health plan: an agenda for collaborative government action in mental health 2009–2014. Commonwealth of Australia, 84.
Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Mental health establishments NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Mental health establishments NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015 Mental health establishments NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 17/08/2017 Mental health establishments NMDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Mental health establishments NMDS 2018–19 ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Mental health establishments NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Mental health establishments NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 20/01/2021 Mental health establishments NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Mental health establishments NMDS 2022–23 Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Specialised mental health service organisation—carer representation arrangements indicator ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 07/03/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—carer representation arrangements indicator, code N ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 07/03/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of formal complaints mechanism for carer participation arrangements indicator ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 13/11/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of formal complaints mechanism for carer participation arrangements indicator Health, Standard 07/03/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of formal complaints mechanism for carer participation arrangements indicator, code N ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 13/11/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of formal complaints mechanism for carer participation arrangements indicator, code N Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of formal participation policy for carer participation arrangements indicator ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 07/03/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of formal participation policy for carer participation arrangements indicator, code N ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 07/03/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of regular carer experience surveys for carer participation arrangements indicator ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 07/03/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of regular carer experience surveys for carer participation arrangements indicator, code N ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 07/03/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of regular discussion groups for carer participation arrangements indicator ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 07/03/2014 Specialised mental health service organisation—use of regular discussion groups for carer participation arrangements indicator, code N ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Standard 07/03/2014