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Dementia among aged care residents: first information from the Aged Care Funding Instrument
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Topic: Aged care
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) Dementia among aged care residents: first information from the Aged Care Funding Instrument, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 05 November 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2011). Dementia among aged care residents: first information from the Aged Care Funding Instrument. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Dementia among aged care residents: first information from the Aged Care Funding Instrument. AIHW, 2011.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Dementia among aged care residents: first information from the Aged Care Funding Instrument. Canberra: AIHW; 2011.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, Dementia among aged care residents: first information from the Aged Care Funding Instrument, AIHW, Canberra.
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The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) is a new tool to appraise the care needs of permanent residents in residential aged care facilities. The ACFI appraisal was used to identify more than 104,400 permanent residents in 2008-09 who had a diagnosis of dementia. This equates to 53% of all residents with an ACFI appraisal in this financial year. Seventy per cent of residents with a dementia diagnosis were female reflecting their overall proportion in residential care. Approximately 79% of all residents with dementia were aged 70 years and over.
- ISSN: 1329-5705
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-138-7
- Cat. no: AGE 63
Findings from this report:
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104,000 people in permanent residential aged care in 2008–09 had a diagnosis of dementia
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Over half (53%) of people assessed on ACFI during the year had dementia
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7 in 10 people with dementia in permanent care were female
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More than half (56%) of people with dementia required the highest level of care in behaviour