Residential aged care

Residential aged care

Residential care statistics publications

The current report presents statistics on the Australian residential aged care system over the period 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006. It is the tenth such report in the Aged Care Statistics Series produced by the Ageing and Aged Care Unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, under an agreement with the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

The first report in the series for the 1997-98 financial year followed a series of changes to the structure of aged care services under the Aged Care Act 1997, whereby the former nursing home and hostel sectors were unified. This allowed providers to offer both high and low care and allowed residents to age in place.

Prior to this, data on residential aged care had been published initially by the then Australian Government Department of Health and Family Services (Nursing Homes for the Aged: A Statistical Overview and Hostels for the Aged: A Statistical Overview) and subsequently by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare through separate publications for nursing homes and hostels.

Each volume in the series contains data on:

population and residential aged care service capacity;
residents and their characteristics (permanent and respite residents);
admissions and separations;
new residents and their characteristics; and
resident dependency.

Time series tables are a feature of all reports, particularly from 2002-03.

AIHW Aged Care Statistics Series: Residential aged care publications online

Residential Aged Care in Australia:

Nursing homes in Australia:

Hostels in Australia:

Page last reviewed on 25 August 2008