Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010) Residential aged care in Australia 2008–09: a statistical overview, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 06 November 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2010). Residential aged care in Australia 2008–09: a statistical overview. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Residential aged care in Australia 2008–09: a statistical overview. AIHW, 2010.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Residential aged care in Australia 2008–09: a statistical overview. Canberra: AIHW; 2010.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2010, Residential aged care in Australia 2008–09: a statistical overview, AIHW, Canberra.
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'Residential aged care in Australia 2008-09: a statistical overview' provides comprehensive statistical information on residential aged care facilities and services, their residents, admissions and separations, and residents' dependency levels. At 30 June 2009, there were over 178,000 residential aged care places, an increase of 1.6% compared with 30 June 2008. Almost 82,000 permanent residents (59%) had a recorded diagnosis of dementia at 30 June 2009. Other recorded health conditions affecting residents included circulatory diseases (42,000 residents) and diseases of the musculoskeletal and connective tissue (26,800 residents).
Over 178,000 places were operational in residential aged care at 30 June 2009
Nearly 162,300 people were using residential aged care services at 30 June 2009
Almost 82,000 permanent residents (59%) had a recorded diagnosis of dementia at 30 June 2009
Indigenous people aged under 65 used residential care at twice the rate of non-Indigenous people of the same age
8 Feb 2011 - Supplementary tables added.
4 Jan 2012 - The time series for ‘Trends in the size of residential aged care services’ has revised figures for 2009 and 2010 which affect Tables A1.4 and A1.5 and Figure 2.4 in Residential Aged Care in Australia 2008-09 Cat. No. AGE 62. The tables and figure have been replaced (pages 20, 104, 105).
