Person—informal carer relationship to care recipient, code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Interpersonal relationship of carer to care recipient |
Synonymous names: | Carer relationship to care recipient |
METEOR identifier: | 748846 |
Registration status: | Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 05/10/2022 |
Definition: | The relationship of the main informal carer to the person for whom they care, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—Informal carer relationship to care recipient |
Value Domain: | Interpersonal carer relationship code N[N] |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | Information about this relationship assists in the establishment of a profile of informal caring relationships and the assistance provided to maintain and support those relationships. As such, it increases knowledge about the dynamics of caring and provides an insight into the gender and inter-generational patterns of informal care giving in the community. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Aged care person cluster Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: This item should only be completed if CODE 1 Yes was selected for Person—informal carer existence indicator, code N. DSS specific information: For the purposes of the Aged Care NMDS: CODE 3 Mother should also include step mothers and mothers-in-law. CODE 4 Father should also include step-fathers and fathers-in-law. CODE 99 should also include non-binary, a different term, or prefer not to answer with respect to the person’s sex or gender. Dementia NBPDS Health, Standard 05/10/2022 Conditional obligation: This item should only be completed if CODE 1 Yes was selected for Person—informal carer existence indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N. DSS specific information: For this collection CODE 3 Mother should also include step mothers and mothers-in-law. For this collection CODE 4 Father should also include step-fathers and fathers-in-law. |