Congregate Living Guidelines

Congregate Living Explained

For the purposes of this Congregate Living Plan, a congregate living facility includes, but is not limited to, facilities where people live on a short or long-term basis including for work purposes. The facility staff may provide personal care or health care, however people in acute or short-term health care facilities are excluded (outbreak responses in this setting are addressed in another setting-specific plan). It includes but is not limited to accommodation for:

  • People who are homeless;
  • People with disability;
  • People residing in boarding and lodging facilities;
  • Victims of family and domestic violence;
  • People with alcohol and other drug dependencies;
  • People with mental health support needs;
  • University students;
  • Aboriginal people accommodated in hostels;
  • People living in high-density apartments; and
  • People residing in Australian Defence Force (ADF) barracks.

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