Glossary of common terms
My Aged Care has some terms and acronyms that can be confusing.
| PAC | Presbyterian Aged Care |
| 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.” |