Australia's Welfare
Recent ageing and aged care releases
Aged care packages in the community 2006-07: a statistical overview (14 August 2008)
A picture of osteoporosis in Australia (4 August 2008)
Residential aged care in Australia 2006-07: a statistical overview (12 June 2008)
Veterans' use of health services (25 February 2008)
Movement from hospital to residential aged care: preliminary results (21 January 2008)
Material on aged care issues in Australia's Welfare: services and assistance:
The Aged Care Chapters:
The aged care chapters in our reports to Parliament, Australia's Welfare, primarily focus on people aged 65 and over. They contain information on:
- policy and service development in aged care
- current and future patterns of population ageing
- ageing and disability support and services available to older people
- the provision of care services in the community
- Home and Community Care (HACC)
- Community Aged Care Packages (CACP)
- Extended Aged Care at Home Packages (EACH)
- Day Therapy Centres (DTC)
- National Respite for Carers Program (NRCP)
- residential aged care
- aged care expenditure
- standards and quality of care
- data development in aged care.
For links to Australia's Welfare aged care chapters:
- Aged care. In: Australia's Welfare 2007 (PDF)
- Aged care. In: Australia's Welfare 2005 (PDF)
- Aged care. In: Australia's Welfare 2003 (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3 PDF)
- Aged care. In: Australia's Welfare 2001 (PDF)
- Aged care. In: Australia's Welfare 1999 (PDF)
- Aged care. In: Australia's Welfare 1997 (PDF)
- Aged care. In: Australia's Welfare 1995 (HTML format)
- Aged care. In: Australia's Welfare 1993 (PDF)
For links to ageing related issues in Australia's Welfare:
- Informal care In: Australia's Welfare 2003 (PDF)
- Deinstitutionalisation: the move towards community-based care. In: Australia's Welfare 2001 (PDF)