18When dementia and cognition supplement applies

18 When dementia and cognition supplement applies

(1) The dementia and cognition supplement applies to a care recipient (in this Division called an eligible care recipient) in respect of a day if: (a) there was in force on that day a home care agreement under which the care recipient was to be provided with home care, whether or not the care was provided on that day; and (b) subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) applied to the care recipient on that day; and (c) if subsection (2), (3) or (4) applied to the care recipient on that day—the approved provider had a record of the assessment mentioned in that subsection that was conducted in relation to the care recipient; and (d) an amount of veterans’ supplement is not payable under section 20 in respect of that day for the care recipient; and (2) This subsection applies to a care recipient on a day if: (a) the care recipient has been assessed in accordance with the Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales, as that tool exists on 1 August 2013; and (b) the assessment was conducted by a registered nurse, clinical nurse consultant, nurse practitioner or medical practitioner; and (c) the assessment resulted in a score of 10 or more. (3) This subsection applies to a care recipient on a day if: (a) the care recipient is from a culturally or linguistically diverse background; and (b) the care recipient has been assessed in accordance with the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale, as that tool exists on 1 August 2013; and (c) the assessment was conducted by a registered nurse, clinical nurse consultant, nurse practitioner or medical practitioner; and (d) the assessment resulted in a score of 22 or less. (4) This subsection applies to a care recipient on a day if: (a) the care recipient is an Aboriginal person, or a Torres Strait Islander, who lives in a rural or remote area; and (b) the care recipient has been assessed in accordance with the Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (KICA‑Cog), as that tool exists on 1 August 2013; and (c) the assessment was conducted by: (i) a registered nurse, clinical nurse consultant, nurse practitioner or medical practitioner; or (ii) another health practitioner who is trained in the use of the tool mentioned in paragraph (b); and (d) the assessment resulted in a score of 33 or less. (5) This subsection applies to a care recipient on a day if, immediately before 1 August 2013, the care recipient was receiving care, or was approved to receive care, in respect of a place allocated for the provision of flexible care in the form of extended aged care at home—dementia.