The Community Care Eligibility Framework

Critical

Life is, or will be, threatened;
significant health problems have developed or will develop;
there is, or will be, little or no choice and control over vital aspects of the immediate environment;
serious abuse or neglect has occurred or will occur;
there is, or will be, an inability to carry out vital personal care or domestic routines;
vital involvement in work, education or learning cannot or will not be sustained;
vital social support systems and relationships cannot or will not be sustained;
vital family and other social roles and responsibilities cannot or will not be undertaken;
engagement with vital formal support systems is not being maintained;
a serious risk of harm to self or others exists;
there is an inability to access community facilities

There is, or will be, only partial choice and control over the immediate environment;
abuse or neglect has occurred or will occur;
there is, or will be, an inability to carry out the majority of personal care or domestic routines;
involvement in many aspects of work, education or learning cannot or will not be sustained;
the majority of social support systems and relationships cannot or will not be sustained;
the majority of family and other social roles and responsibilities cannot or will not be undertaken;
engagement with vital formal support systems are at risk of not being maintained;
some risk of harm to self or others, or potential current risk exists;
ability to access a range of essential community facilities is limited.
there is or will be an inability to carry out essential tasks of daily living

there is, or will be, an inability to carry out several personal care or domestic routines;
involvement in several aspects of work, education or learning cannot or will not be sustained;
several social support systems and relationships cannot or will not be sustained;
several family and other social roles and responsibilities cannot or will not be undertaken;
engagement with formal support networks are at some risk of not being maintained;
ability to access some community facilities is limited.

There is, or will be, an inability to carry out one or two personal care or domestic routines;
involvement in one or two aspects of work, education or learning cannot or will not be sustained;
one or two social support systems and relationships cannot or will not be sustained;
one or two family and other social roles and responsibilities cannot or will not be undertaken;
potential inability to access some community facilities exist;
absence of formal systems could affect level of independence.