43Circumstances in which care needs are taken to have changed significantly—non‑respite care

43 Circumstances in which care needs are taken to have changed significantly—non‑respite care

For the purposes of a reclassification of a care recipient for non‑respite care, the care needs of the care recipient are taken to have changed significantly if, since the applicable day for the existing classification of the care recipient: (a) there has been a change in the care recipient’s cognitive ability, compounding factors, function, mobility or pressure sore risk; or (b) the care recipient has been an in‑patient of a hospital for a total of at least 5 days; or (c) the care recipient has been an in‑patient of a hospital for a total of at least 2 days and was administered general anaesthetic while an in‑patient; or (d) for a care recipient with an existing classification level of Class 9, Class 10, Class 11, Class 12 or Class 13—at least 6 months have passed; or (e) for a care recipient with an existing classification level of Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, Class 5, Class 6, Class 7 or Class 8—at least 12 months have passed; or (f) the care recipient has: (i) ceased to be provided with residential care through a residential care service; and (ii) subsequently entered a residential care service to be provided with non‑respite care in the form of palliative care.