Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      • 1.1 The Australian aged care system
      • 1.2 Report structure and data sources
    2. Residential aged care services and provision
      • 2.1 Allocated places
      • 2.2 Operational places
      • 2.3 How are places distributed nationally?
      • 2.4 Aged care provision ratios
      • 2.5 Residential aged care facilities
      • 2.6 Extra Service places
      • 2.7 Spending on residential aged care
    3. Resident characteristics
      • 3.1 Age and sex
      • 3.2 Geographical location
      • 3.3 Marital status
      • 3.4 Indigenous status
      • 3.5 Country of birth
      • 3.6 Preferred languages
      • 3.7 Income source
      • 3.8 Support for financially disadvantaged residents
      • 3.9 Hospital leave
      • 3.10 Newly admitted residents
    4. Patterns of use
      • 4.1 Admissions
      • 4.2 Separations
      • 4.3 Length of stay
      • 4.4 Average length of stay
      • 4.5 Resident turnover
      • 4.6 Usage rates
      • 4.7 Occupied place-days
      • 4.8 Occupancy rate
    5. Care needs of residents
      • 5.1 Overall level of care needed
      • 5.2 ACFI appraisals on admission
      • 5.3 ACFI appraisals for permanent residents
      • 5.4 ACFI for younger residents
      • 5.5 Separation mode by ACFI level of care
      • 5.6 Length of stay by ACFI level of care
      • 5.7 Health conditions
      • 5.8 Dementia and mental illness
    6. Trends in the use of residential aged care
      • 6.1 Overall usage
      • 6.2 Admissions, separations, and completed length of stay
      • 6.3 Transition from respite care to permanent care
      • 6.4 Permanent residents and usage rates by age
      • 6.5 Occupancy rates
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Residential aged care services and provision
      • Appendix 2: Resident characteristics
      • Appendix 3: Patterns of use
      • Appendix 4: Aged Care Funding Instrument
      • Appendix 5: Population data
      • Appendix 6: Financial support arrangements
        • Pre-reform
        • 1 October 1997–19 March 2008
        • 20 March 2008 onwards
      • Appendix 7: Data sources and limitations
        • Resident data
        • General population data
        • Resident information
        • Application for classification
        • Admission and separation date
        • Calculation of provision ratios
        • Populations used in the tables in this report
        • Data limitations
        • Calculations
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes
Next page