Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00071:reg:83
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00071
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 83
Character Range: 140487–142880

83  Eligibility for dementia and cognition supplement
 (1) A care recipient is eligible for a dementia and cognition supplement on a particular day if, on that day:
 (a) subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) applied to the care recipient; and
 (b) if subsection (2), (3) or (4) applied to the care recipient—the approved provider had a record of the assessment mentioned in the relevant subsection; and
 (c) the care recipient was not eligible for a veterans' supplement under section 85.
 (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, clinical nurse consultant, nurse practitioner, clinical psychologist or medical practitioner; and
 (c) the assessment resulted in a score of 10 or more.
Note: Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales is defined in section 4.
 (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, clinical nurse consultant, nurse practitioner, clinical psychologist or medical practitioner; and
 (d) the assessment resulted in a score of 22 or less.
Note: Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale is defined in section 4.
 (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, clinical nurse consultant, 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.
Note: KICA‑Cog is defined in section 4.
 (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.

Subdivision D—Veterans' supplement