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
• Manual for Queensland Community Care Services
• Minimum Data Set (MDS)
• Ongoing Needs Identification (ONI) User Manual Part 1 (PDF, 4.6 MB) Ongoing Needs Identification (ONI) User Manual Part 1 (RTF, 4 MB) User Manual Part 2 (PDF, 482 KB) User Manual Part 2 (RTF, 176 KB) ONI Tool (PDF, 341 KB) ONI Tool (RTF, 882 KB)
• Post Acute Care – Home and Community Care services for eligible clients recovering from acute illness (PDF, 50 KB) Post Acute Care – Home and Community Care services for eligible clients recovering from acute illness (RTF, 20 KB)
• Frequently Asked Questions - Assessment and Referral (PDF, 175 KB) Frequently Asked Questions - Assessment and Referral (RTF, 45 KB)

Publications

• Final Report on research to inform service delivery models that include the application of smart assistive technology (PDF, 2.4 MB) Final Report on research to inform service delivery models that include the application of smart assistive technology (RTF, 440 KB)
• 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 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 - the department - Updated Table 1 Number of Home and Community Care services provided (PDF, 15 KB) Annual Report 2009-10 - the department - 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 Community Care policies and guidelines please contact:

Community Care Programs
Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
GPO Box 806
Brisbane QLD 4001
Phone: (07) 3898 0100
Fax: (07) 3405 3599
Email: Communitycare-admin@communities.qld.gov.au