Definitions—pt 7
101 Definitions—pt 7
In this part:
care service means a health service, aged care service or personal care service.
facility means a place (other than an individual’s private residence) where a care service is provided to a resident of the facility, including—
a hospital; and
a hospice; and
a nursing home, hostel, respite facility or other facility where accommodation, nursing or personal care is provided to individuals who, because of infirmity, illness, disease, incapacity or disability, have a need for accommodation, nursing or personal care; and
a residential care home within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 2024 (Cwlth), section 10.
facility operator means the entity that is responsible for the management of a facility.
resident, of a facility, means an individual who is staying at the facility on a temporary or permanent basis to receive accommodation, nursing or personal care.
Examples—resident a permanent or temporary resident of a residential care home, an in‑patient of a hospital, a resident of a hospice
In this section:
disability—see the Disability Services Act 1991, dictionary.
health service—see the Health Act 1993, section 5.
medicine—see the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008, section 11 (1).
personal care service means assistance or support of a personal nature that is provided to an individual under a contract, agreement or other arrangement, and includes—
assistance with bathing, showering, personal hygiene, toileting, dressing, undressing or meals; and
assistance with mobility problems; and
assistance or supervision in administering medicine; and
the provision of substantial emotional support.
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