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Accommodation Type Code NN

Definition

A code set representing types of accommodation.

Representation

Data Type Number
Format NN
Maximum character length 2

Values

Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Private residence (e.g. house, flat, bedsitter, caravan, boat, independent unit in retirement village), including privately and publicly rented homes
2 Psychiatric hospital
3 Residential aged care service
4 Specialised alcohol/other drug treatment residence
5 Specialised mental health community-based residential support service
6 Domestic-scale supported living facility (e.g. group home for people with disability)
7 Boarding/rooming house/hostel or hostel type accommodation, not including aged persons' hostel
8 Homeless persons' shelter
9 Shelter/refuge (not including homeless persons' shelter)
10 Other supported accommodation
11 Prison/remand centre/youth training centre
12 Public place (homeless)
13 Other accommodation, not elsewhere classified
Supplementary Values 14 Unknown/unable to determine

Comments

Guide for use:

CODE 3 Residential aged care service

Includes nursing home beds in acute care hospitals.

CODE 4 Specialised alcohol/other drug treatment residence

Includes alcohol/other drug treatment units in psychiatric hospitals.

CODE 5 Specialised mental health community-based residential support service

Specialised mental health community-based residential support services are defined as community-based residential supported accommodation specifically targeted at people with psychiatric disabilities which provides 24-hour support/rehabilitation on a residential basis.

CODE 6 Domestic-scale supported living facility (e.g. group home for people with disability)

Domestic-scale supported living facilities include group homes for people with disability, cluster apartments where a support worker lives on-site, community residential apartments (except mental health), congregate care arrangements. Support is provided by staff on either a live-in or rostered basis, and they may or may not have 24-hour supervision and care.

CODE 10 Other supported accommodation

Includes other supported accommodation facilities such as hostels for people with disability and Residential Services/Facilities (Victoria and South Australia only). These facilities provide board and lodging and rostered care workers provide client support services.

 

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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