AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2017) Pathways to permanent residential aged care in Australia: a Pathways in Aged Care (PiAC) analysis of people's aged care program use before first entry to permanent residential aged care in 2013–14, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 16 June 2026.
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Some 61,300 people first entered permanent residential aged care (PRAC) in 2013–14. While they used over 1,000 different combinations of other aged care in the preceding years, the most common pathway (used by 1 in 4 people) was through Home and Community Care (HACC). Many pathways showed a similar pattern of moving ‘up’ to progressively higher levels of support.
People had used aged care in over 1,000 different combinations
10% had not used any other aged care before first entering permanent residential aged care
1 in 4 (26%) people entered permanent care having only ever used HACC before
Respite was the most common program to be used last before permanent care, accounting for 2 in 5 (39%) people
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