Final project report on the validation and field trials of the assessment framework and tool for aged care

Thi s is the Final Report of the Validation and Field Trials of the Assessment Framework and Tool for Aged Care project. Thi s report provides details of the fie ld testing of the Aged Care Assessment Tool for Level 1 and Level 2 Assessment at seven sites across Australia. Our previous report, A Model and Proposed Items for the New Assessment System for Aged Care (Sansoni et al., 2012c) detailed an assessment system with three levels of Assessment related to need for services:

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