Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Informal carer multiple care recipient |
Synonymous names: | Carer for more than one person |
METEOR identifier: | 380346 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Recorded 16/11/2009 |
Definition: | Whether or not a primary carer is providing assistance on a regular and sustained basis to more than one care recipient. |
Context: | Carers who are caring for more than one person are more likely to be experiencing stress and require more assistance in negotiating support from agencies. |
Data Element Concept: | Informal carer—multiple care recipient status |
Value Domain: | Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described This code is not for use in primary data collections. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This element should be collected by asking the carer: 'Do you care for more than one person with a disability or chronic illness?' |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | Developed for the HACC Data Dictionary Version 2.0, 2005 |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Informal carer—co-residency status, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 Health!, Recorded 13/05/2008 See also Informal carer—primary status, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 27/04/2007 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 See also Informal carer—relationship to care recipient, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Health!, Recorded 13/05/2008 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Home and Community Care MDS 2009 Community Services (retired), Recorded 16/11/2009 Implementation start date: 11/05/2006 Conditional obligation: Recorded if the HACC client has a carer (see Person—informal carer existence indicator, code N). DSS specific information: Collection methods: The agency should record this data element at the beginning of each HACC service episode where a carer has been identified (i.e. code 1 recorded for Carer—existence of).
The agency should also assess the currency of this information at subsequent assessments/re-assessments and update the agency’s record if necessary.
Reporting requirements:
This data element is required for reporting in the HACC MDS collection in those circumstances where a carer has been identified (i.e. Carer—existence of code 1).
If the agency’s system or records do not provide sufficient information to accurately report on this data element, the agency should use code 9 Not stated/inadequately described.
This element is similar to the DE Informal carer – number of care recipients (NRCP), code N[N], collected in the NRCP MDS (#308603). Rather than a Yes/No item, that DE collects the number of recipients in the ranges 1,2,3+. It also recommends a further list of required items for collection.
Related data:
Is related to the data elements Carer residency status, Relationship of carer to care recipient, and Date of last update.
Is related to the data element concept Carer.
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