What evidence should I provide at an aged care assessment?
Useful information can include medication lists, diagnoses, hospital letters, falls history and examples of tasks that have become difficult or unsafe.
Key points
- Useful information can include medication lists, diagnoses, hospital letters, falls history and examples of tasks that have become difficult or unsafe.
- Specific evidence of risk and changed needs is more useful than general statements.
- Emergency health or safety concerns require an immediate clinical or emergency response.
Useful information can include medication lists, diagnoses, hospital letters, falls history and examples of tasks that have become difficult or unsafe.
You do not need to create a complicated file, but specific examples help the assessor understand the real impact on daily life.
Useful evidence is specific and recent: medication lists, discharge summaries, allied-health reports, falls records and examples of assistance already provided by family. Describe frequency, consequences and what happens on a bad day.
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01Guide sectionWhat should I do next?
Collect recent examples and documents showing the person's current needs.
Contact My Aged Care or the assessor and describe any change in risk or carer capacity.
Put immediate safety supports in place while longer-term funding is being arranged.
02Guide sectionHelpful Local Home Help resources
03Guide sectionCheck the official guidance
Check the current My Aged Care assessment guidance. Aged care rules, funding amounts and program guidance can change, so check the current official information before making an important care or financial decision.
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