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released: 8 Oct 1998 media release

Provides comprehensive statistical information on Australian nursing homes and their residents for 1996-97. The report presents statistics on the capacity of nursing homes and the numbers of admissions and separations. It also provides information on nursing home residents and their characteristics and levels of dependency.

ISSN 1329 5705; ISBN 978 0 642 24769 8; Cat. no. AGE 9; 128pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Full publication (700K PDF)

  • Preliminary material (78K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
  • Chapters
    • Main features (59K PDF)
    • The data and its limitations (63K PDF)
    • Section 1: Population and nursing home service capacity (123K PDF)
    • Section 2: Nursing home residents and nursing home characteristics (128K PDF)
    • Section 3: Nursing home admissions and new residents (237K PDF)
    • Section 4: Nursing home separations (124K PDF)
    • Section 5: Nursing home resident characteristics (146K PDF)
    • Section 6: Nursing home resident dependency (146K PDF)
  • End matter (79K PDF)
    • Glossary
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW & Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services 1998. Nursing homes in Australia 1996-97: a statistical overview. Aged Care Statistics Series. Cat. no. AGE 9. Canberra: AIHW.