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Glossary

Glossary of common terms

My Aged Care has some terms and acronyms that can be confusing.

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MAC “My Aged Care” is the federal government gateway into the aged care system, https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/. Pronounced as a word, “mac”.
RAS Regional Assessment Service. Pronounced as a word “raz.”
ACAT An Aged Care Assessment Team”. Pronounced part acronym and part word: “A CAT”.
CHSP Commonwealth Home Support Programme. Pronounced as letters “C.H.S.P”.
HCP Home Care Package. Pronounced as letters “H.C.P.”
CDC Consumer Directed Care. Pronounced as letters “C.D.C.”