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Residential aged care in Australia 2007-08: a statistical overview
Residential aged care in Australia 2007-08: a statistical overview
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Topic: Aged care
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2009) Residential aged care in Australia 2007-08: a statistical overview, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 06 November 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2009). Residential aged care in Australia 2007-08: a statistical overview. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Residential aged care in Australia 2007-08: a statistical overview. AIHW, 2009.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Residential aged care in Australia 2007-08: a statistical overview. Canberra: AIHW; 2009.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2009, Residential aged care in Australia 2007-08: a statistical overview, AIHW, Canberra.
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Residential aged care in Australia 2007-08: a statistical overview provides comprehensive statistical information on the 2,080 residential aged care homes and their 160,250 residents at 30 June 2008. The report contains information on the capacity of residential aged care homes, their residents and resident characteristics, levels of dependency among residents, and admissions and separations. The year is particularly significant with the change over from the Resident Classification Scale to the Aged Care Funding Instrument for the appraisal and funding of residents.
- ISSN: 1329-5705
- ISBN: 978 1 74024 932 4
- Cat. no: AGE 58
- Pages: 160
Findings from this report:
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There were over 175,000 places available in residential aged care at 30 June 2008
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160,000 people were receiving residential aged care services at 30 June 2008
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Just over 3,00 people were receiving respite care at 30 June 2008
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Almost half (49%) of all admissions to residential aged care during the year were for respite