Delegation date [MDS Item] Definition: The date on which Australian Government funded aged care is either approved or not approved by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) Delegate. This is the date an approval for care takes effect (with the exception of emergency care). Context: The delegation date is when the ACAT Delegate signs and dates the ACCR and must be on or after the Assessment end date. This is the date an approval for care takes effect (with the exception of emergency care). Delegates need to assess if the evidence provided is relevant for them to logically support their decision to approve a person for care. Evidence includes information, documents and other material that can be used to demonstrate the existence of a fact. Documents supporting information include the Statement of Application, completed ACCR and assessment documentation including the outcome of any assessment tools applied by the assessor, verbal evidence, information from the GP and hospital and rehabilitation file notes. Data type: Numeric Representational form: DATE Field size: Min: 10 Max: 10 Representational layout: DD/MM/YYYY Occurrences: May have only one occurrence. Code: Valid date Guide for use: The date should always be recorded as a 10-character valid date comprising day, forward slash, month, forward slash, and year. Year should always be recorded in its full 4-digit format. For days and months with a numeric value of less than 10, ACATs should use leading zeros to ensure that the date contains the required 10 characters. For example, for a comprehensive assessment where the ACAT Delegate approved the client for care on the 1st of July, 2009, the Delegation date would be reported as 01/07/2009. For an approval to take effect the ACAT Delegate must sign and date the ACCR. It is not the date the ACCR is completed or signed by the person seeking care and will most often be later than the assessment end date. The delegation date must never be backdated. ACCR Part 6 – Approval as a care recipient ACAP MDS Yes  Business Rules: If Delegation date is not blank, the date must be valid If Delegation date is not blank, then Delegation date must be equal to or later than Assessment end date Required: Conditional Related document: Aged Care Act 1997 Section 22–5 National Transaction File Format Item 162 Source document: Aged Care Assessment Program Guidelines 2006 Source organisation: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Delegation date [MDS Item] Definition: The date on which Australian Government funded aged care is either approved or not approved by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) Delegate. This is the date an approval for care takes effect (with the exception of emergency care). Context: The delegation date is when the ACAT Delegate signs and dates the ACCR and must be on or after the Assessment end date. This is the date an approval for care takes effect (with the exception of emergency care). Delegates need to assess if the evidence provided is relevant for them to logically support their decision to approve a person for care. Evidence includes information, documents and other material that can be used to demonstrate the existence of a fact. Documents supporting information include the Statement of Application, completed ACCR and assessment documentation including the outcome of any assessment tools applied by the assessor, verbal evidence, information from the GP and hospital and rehabilitation file notes. Data type: Numeric Representational form: DATE Field size: Min: 10 Max: 10 Representational layout: DD/MM/YYYY Occurrences: May have only one occurrence. Code: Valid date Guide for use: The date should always be recorded as a 10-character valid date comprising day, forward slash, month, forward slash, and year. Year should always be recorded in its full 4-digit format. For days and months with a numeric value of less than 10, ACATs should use leading zeros to ensure that the date contains the required 10 characters. For example, for a comprehensive assessment where the ACAT Delegate approved the client for care on the 1st of July, 2009, the Delegation date would be reported as 01/07/2009. For an approval to take effect the ACAT Delegate must sign and date the ACCR. It is not the date the ACCR is completed or signed by the person seeking care and will most often be later than the assessment end date. The delegation date must never be backdated. ACCR Part 6 – Approval as a care recipient ACAP MDS Yes Business Rules:  If Delegation date is not blank, the date must be valid If Delegation date is not blank, then Delegation date must be equal to or later than Assessment end date Required: Conditional Related document: Aged Care Act 1997 Section 22–5 National Transaction File Format Item 162 Source document: Aged Care Assessment Program Guidelines 2006 Source organisation: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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