Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00076:reg:67h
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00076
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 67H
Character Range: 89466–92033

67H  Eligibility for dementia and cognition supplement
 (1) The dementia and cognition supplement applies to a care recipient (in this Division called an eligible care recipient) in respect of a day if:
 (a) there was in force on the day a home care agreement under which the care recipient was to be provided with home care, whether or not the care was provided on the day; and
 (b) subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) applied to the care recipient on the day; and
 (c) if subsection (2), (3) or (4) applied to the care recipient on the day—the approved provider had a record of the assessment referred to in that subsection that was conducted in relation to the care recipient; and
 (d) an amount of veterans' supplement is not payable under Division 5 in respect of the day for the care recipient.
 (2) This subsection applies to a care recipient on a day if:
 (a) the care recipient has been assessed in accordance with the Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales; and
 (b) the assessment was conducted by a registered nurse, nurse practitioner or medical practitioner; and
 (c) the assessment resulted in a score of 10 or more.
 (3) This subsection applies to a care recipient on a day if:
 (a) the care recipient is from a culturally or linguistically diverse background; and
 (b) the care recipient has been assessed in accordance with the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale; and
 (c) the assessment was conducted by a registered nurse, nurse practitioner or medical practitioner; and
 (d) the assessment resulted in a score of 22 or less.
 (4) This subsection applies to a care recipient on a day if:
 (a) the care recipient is an Aboriginal person, or a Torres Strait Islander, who lives in a rural or remote area; and
 (b) the care recipient has been assessed in accordance with the KICA‑Cog; and
 (c) the assessment was conducted by:
 (i) a registered nurse, nurse practitioner or medical practitioner; or
 (ii) another health practitioner trained in assessing a person in accordance with the KICA‑Cog; and
 (d) the assessment resulted in a score of 33 or less.
 (5) This subsection applies to a care recipient on a day if, immediately before 1 August 2013, the care recipient was receiving care, or was approved to receive care, in respect of a place allocated for the provision of flexible care in the form called extended aged care at home—dementia.
Note: KICA‑Cog, Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales and Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale have the meanings given by section 4 of the Subsidy Principles 2014 (see section 4 of these principles).