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Page content: HACC data help desk | Bulletins & FAQs | HACC MDS Version 2 - the documentation

HACC data help desk

The HACC Data Collection team in the Aged Care Branch manages the HACC Minimum Data Set (MDS) in Victoria. The team also collects data for the Community Connection program and the Aged Care Support for Carers program.

  • Victorian HACC Data Help Desk
    Call (61 3) 9096 7255, or fax (61 3) 9096 9162
  • Posting diskettes or MDS paper forms
    Send to:
    HACC Data Collection & Analysis
    Aged Care Branch
    Department of Human Services
    GPO Box 4057
    Melbourne Vic 3001

Bulletins & FAQs

For information on How to count Living at Home assessments in the HACC MDS please refer to the information below: 'HACC Assessments in Victoria'.

For the latest advice about how to upgrade to Version 2 of the National HACC minimum data set, please download Bulletin 7.

Adobe Acrobat icon Bulletin 8: HACC MDS Version 8 Implementation (54kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Bulletin 7: HACC MDS Version 2 Implementation (47kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Bulletin 6: HACC MDS Version 2 Implementation (50kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Bulletin 5: HACC MDS Version 2 Implementation (58kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Bulletin 4: HACC MDS Version 2 Implementation (48kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Bulletin 3: HACC MDS Version 2 Implementation (48kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Bulletin 2: HACC MDS Version 2 Implementation (45kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon Bulletin 1: HACC MDS Version 2 Implementation (115kb, pdf)

Adobe Acrobat icon HACC MDS FAQ November 2007 (72kb, pdf)

MS Excel icon Annual HACC Fees Report Form 2005-06 (104kb, MS Excel)

MS Excel icon Vic HACC MDS FILE TEMPLATE v.1 (19kb, MS Excel)

Comparative guide to software products in Victoria 2007
This guide lists twenty-one software products currently used by agencies delivering services under the Home and Community Care (HACC) Program in Victoria to collect and report their Minimum Data Set version 2.

Quality of Victorian Home and Community Care Aboriginal Client Data
This report examines the quality of Aboriginal client data in the HACC minimum data set in Victoria in 2005-06.

HACC MDS Version 2 - the documentation

During the next few months, all HACC service providers should be upgrading to Version 2 of the Minimum Data Set. The documentation for service providers in Victoria can be downloaded in Word or pdf format:

Adobe Acrobat icon HACC Assessments in Victoria: How to record via the HACC minimum data set (42 kb, pdf)

Microsoft Word icon Transmission Protocol HACC MDS v2.0.1 Victoria (333kb, MS Word)

Adobe Acrobat icon Transmission Protocol HACC MDS v2.0.1 Victoria (93kb, pdf)

Microsoft Word icon Transmission Protocol HACC MDS v2.0 Victoria (369kb, MS Word)

Adobe Acrobat icon Transmission Protocol HACC MDS v2.0 Victoria (137kb, pdf)

Microsoft Word icon HACC Program National MDS Victorian modification User Guide Version 2.0 vic June 2006 (1,442kb, MS Word)

Adobe Acrobat icon HACC Program National MDS Victorian modification User Guide Version 2.0 vic June 2006 (389kb, pdf)

Microsoft Word icon Community Connection Program data collection: Supplement to HACC MDS v2.01 guidelines (67kb, MS Word)

Adobe Acrobat icon Community Connection Program data collection: Supplement to HACC MDS v2.01 guidelines (41kb, pdf)

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Last updated: 14 August, 2009
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