Policies, guidelines and publications

Legislation

• Home and Community Care Act 1985 
• Home and Community Care (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1985, No 185, 1985 (DOC) 

• Home and Community Care Review Agreement 2007

Policies and guidelines

• Annual Financial Returns
• Capital Management
• Complaints
• Community Care Common Standards
• Guidelines for Periodic Financial and Performance Reporting
• Home and Community Care Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service Development Plan 2009-2012
• Home and Community Care logo guidelines
• Home and Community Care Service Delivery Guidelines
• Home and Community Care services for eligible clients requiring palliative care (PDF, 30 KB) (RTF, 10 KB)
• Home and Community Care Resident Support Program Guidelines (PDF, 46 KB) (RTF, 161 KB)
• Home and Community Care Triennial Plan 2008-11
• Minimum Data Set (MDS)
• National Program Guidelines for the Home and Community Care Program 2007 

• Ongoing Needs Identification (ONI)

• Post Acute Care – Home and Community Care services for eligible clients recovering from acute illness (PDF, 50 KB) (RTF, 20 KB)

• Re-prioritisation of surplus Home and Community Care funds

Publications

• Evaluation of the Continence Management Strategy - Final Report (PDF, 447 KB) Evaluation of the Continence Management Strategy - Final Report (RTF, 321 KB)
• Home and Community Care Home Modification Evaluation Report (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Evaluation of Queensland's Home and Community Care Major Home Modification Program - Summary of Findings for Service Providers (2011) (DOC, 257 KB) Evaluation of Queensland's Home and Community Care Major Home Modification Program - Summary of Findings for Service Providers (2011) (RTF, 16 KB)
• Annual Report 2009-10 - Department of Communities - Updated Table 1 Number of Home and Community Care services provided (PDF, 15 KB) Annual Report 2009-10 - Department of Communities - Updated Table 1 Number of Home and Community Care services provided (RTF, 70 KB)

• Nutrition for One or Two Pilot Evaluation

• Nutrition for One or Two Recipe Book (PDF, 17 MB)

• Queensland Home and Community Care Workforce Profile 2010

• Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Home and Community Care Services Best Practice Stories Part 1 (PDF, 1.1 MB) Part 2 (PDF, 4.4 MB) Part 3 (PDF, 2.2 MB)

• Home and Community Care publications, such as brochures, posters, newsletters and more are available on the HACC Resource Unit website.

Further Information

For further information or enquiries about the Queensland Home and Community Care Program's polices and guidelines please contact:

Home and Community Care branch
Department of Communities (Disability and Community Care Services)
GPO Box 806
Brisbane QLD 4001
Phone: (07) 3898 0100
Fax: (07) 3405 3599
Email: haccadmin@communities.qld.gov.au