| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABDS | Australian Burden of Disease Study |
| ACCHO | Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation |
| ACFI | Aged Care Funding Instrument |
| ADAPTOR | Addressing Dementia through Analysis of Population Traits and Risk Factors |
| ADHA | Australian Digital Health Agency |
| ADNeT | Australian Dementia Network |
| AN-ACC | Australian National Aged Care Classification |
| BPSD | Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia |
| CALD | culturally and linguistically diverse |
| CTE | chronic traumatic encephalopathy |
| DA | Dementia Australia |
| DoHaC | Department of Health and aged care |
| DHDA | Department of Health, Disability and Ageing |
| DSA | Dementia Support Australia |
| DTA | Dementia Training Australia |
| DOMINO | Data On Multiple INdividual Occurrences |
| DVA | Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
| GP | general practitioner |
| IAT | Integrated Assessment Tool |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| MBS | Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| MCI | mild cognitive impairment |
| MRFF | Medical Research Future Fund |
| NACDC | National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse |
| NATSEM | National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling |
| NBEDS | National Best Endeavours Data Set |
| NBPDS | National Best Practice Data Set |
| NCMD | National Centre for Monitoring Dementia |
| NDAP | National Dementia Action Plan |
| NDDA | National Disability Data Asset |
| NDIS | National Disability Insurance Scheme |
| NHMD | National Hospital Morbidity Database |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NHRA | National Health Reform Agreement |
| NHDH | National Health Data Hub |
| NMDS | National Minimum Data Set |
| NNIDR | NHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research |
| NPI | Neuropsychiatric Inventory |
| NSAF | National Screening and Assessment Form |
| PBS | Pharmaceuticals Benefit Scheme |
| PHI | Primary Health Insights |
| PHN | Primary Health Network |
| PIAC | Pathways in Aged Care |
| PIP | Practice Incentives Program |
| PLIDA | Person Level Integrated Data Asset |
| QI | Quality Improvement |
| RIFIC | Regional Insights for Indigenous Communities |
| RPBS | Repatriation Pharmaceuticals Benefit Scheme |
| SDAC | Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers |
