Approval No extension No extension Must be Must be Extension provisions. provisions. by by Provisions ACAT as ACAT as requiring an requiring an extension which extension can be up to a can be up to a maximum of 6 maximum of 21 weeks. days. Approval Approval and No lapsing Approval and An approval for Lapsing entry eligibility provisions. entry eligibility residential Provisions will lapse six will lapse if care respite care will months from the isn’t utilised not lapse but can date of the ACAT within 4 weeks expire if it is time approval. of approval. or revoked. Core A person is Generally CHSP A person is Permanent Ineligibilities ineligible if they services should not ineligible if they residents of a already receiving be provided to are not entering residential aged aged care people who are the programme care service provided under already receiving directly upon cannot be the Act; or has other discharge from approved for received flexible services hospital. residential care in the form that provide similar respite care in of transition care service types to another aged within the six those funded care service. months prior to through CHSP. the date of assessment. Attachment C - Examples of possible Multidisciplinary Team Members Either a GP or a Geriatrician must always be on the Multidisciplinary Team so as to identify any underlying medical condition. Other professionals include (but are not limited to) Registered Nurse Orthotist Audiologist Pharmacist Community health worker Physiotherapist Dental hygienist
Approval Extension Provisions No extension provisions. No extension provisions. Must be by ACAT as requiring an extension which can be up to a maximum of 6 weeks. Must be by ACAT as requiring an extension can be up to a maximum of 21 days. Approval Lapsing Provisions Approval and entry eligibility will lapse six months from the date of the ACAT approval. No lapsing provisions. Approval and entry eligibility will lapse if care isn’t utilised within 4 weeks of approval. An approval for residential respite care will not lapse but can expire if it is time or revoked. Core Ineligibilities A person is ineligible if they already receiving aged care provided under the Act; or has received flexible care in the form of transition care within the six months prior to the date of assessment. Generally CHSP services should not be provided to people who are already receiving other services that provide similar service types to those funded through CHSP. A person is ineligible if they are not entering the programme directly upon discharge from hospital. Permanent residents of a residential aged care service cannot be approved for residential respite care in another aged care service. Attachment C - Examples of possible Multidisciplinary Team Members Either a GP or a Geriatrician must always be on the Multidisciplinary Team so as to identify any underlying medical condition. Other professionals include (but are not limited to) Registered Nurse Orthotist Audiologist Pharmacist Community health worker Physiotherapist Dental hygienist
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