ACFI Funding Instrument
Funding for residential aged care is provided through completion of the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI). ACFI Section 12 (Complex Health Care) Question 14 allows a service to claim funding for a palliative care program involving end-of-life care where ongoing care will involve very intensive clinical nursing and/or complex pain management in the residential aged care. See the ACFI tool (467kb pdf) for funding requirements.