Definition
In the Specialist Homeless Services NMDS, these data elements are used together to assess the functional status of a person across a range of life areas.
The cluster combines the two data elements: Person—activity and participation life area, disability flag homelessness code N and Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area, disability flag homelessness code N, to complete the following matrix:
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Always/ sometimes need help and/or supervision |
Have difficulty, but don't need help/supervision |
Don't have difficulty, but use aids/equipment |
Have no difficulty |
Self-care |
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Mobility |
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Communication |
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Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
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Person—activity and participation life area, disability flag homelessness code N | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area, disability flag homelessness code N | - | - | mandatory | 1 |
References
Related content
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As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |