Abbreviations

AASWAustralian Association of Social Workers
ACFIAged Care Funding Instrument
ACSAAged and Community Services Australia
ACTAustralian Capital Territory
ADLActivities of Daily Living
AHAllied Health
AHAAllied Health Assistant
AIHWAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
AINAssistants in Nursing
ALRCAustralian Law Reform Commission
AMAAustralian Medical Association
ANAOAustralian National Audit Office
ANMFAustralian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
ANZSGMAustralian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine
CAATComputer Assisted Assessment Tool
CALDCulturally and Linguistically Diverse
CERConsumer Experience Report
COTACouncil of the Ageing
CPSACombined Pensioners and Superannuants Association
CPSUCommunity and Public Sector Union
CVPCommunity Visitors Program
CVSCommunity Visitors Scheme
ENEnrolled Nurse
FECCAFederation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia
GPGeneral Practitioners
HCCAHealth Care Consumers’ Association
HLARUHealth Law and Ageing Research Unit
HSUHealth Services Union
ICACIndependent Commissioner Against Corruption
LASALeading Age Services Australia
LGBTILesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex
MPMember of Parliament
NACAPNational Aged Care Advocacy Program
NACLCNational Association of Community Legal Centres
NALHNNorth Adelaide Local Health Network
NMANurses and Midwives Association
NPNurse Practitioner
NSWNew South Wales
OPAOffice of the Public Advocate
OPANOlder Person’s Advocacy Network
OPGOffice of the Public Guardian
PCAPersonal Care Attendant
QACAGQuality Aged Care Action Group
QLDQueensland
QNMUQueensland Nurses and Midwives Union
RACFResidential Aged Care Facility
RNRegistered Nurse
RUCSResource Utilisation and Classification Study
SASouth Australia
TCLSTownsville Community Legal Service
UKUnited Kingdom of Great Britain
VCOSSVictorian Council of Social Services
VicVictoria
WAWestern Australia
WHOWorld Health Organization

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