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ACFI Overview for General Staff

Lessons

Status

Target Audience

Assistants in Nursing, Care Staff, Other applicable staff

Goal

  • To be able to have general knowledge about ACFI and its purposes
  • To look at some examples of how to complete ACFI documents
  • Learning codes and how to complete these in some forms of ACFI documentation
  • A brief overview of the ACFI pack and its categories

Objectives

Know the purpose of ACFI is as a government funding tool

Be able to determine how to apply codes to a clients ACFI forms

Your responsiblities in completing an ACFI form on your shift for a client who is on ACFI

Work out from examples of ACFI forms completed what behaviours or activities of daily living occured at certain times / days.

References

Australian Government, Department of Social Services, ‘Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI User Guide) viewed on 26th February 2016 <https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/ageing-and-aged-care/aged-care-funding/residential-care-subsidy/basic-subsidy-amount-aged-care-funding-instrument/aged-care-funding-instrument-acfi-user-guide>

Australian Government, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ‘Care needs of permanent aged care residents’ viewed on the 26th of February 2016 < http://www.aihw.gov.au/aged-care/residential-and-community-2011-12/permanent-residents/>

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