Entry period for residential aged care

Full publication (1348K PDF)

• Preliminary material (229K PDF)
  • Title page and verso
  • Contents
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • List of appendix tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Executive summary (73K PDF)
  • Background
  • Project aims
  • Conclusions
  • Main findings
• Sections
  • Section 1 (48K PDF)
    Background and introduction
  • Section 2 (104K PDF)
    Methodology
    1. 2.1 Data sources
    2. 2.2 Variables and scales
    3. 2.3 The nature of the dependent variable
  • Section 3 (146K PDF)
    Variations in entry period with resident characteristics
    1. 3.1 RCS category
    2. 3.2 Age
    3. 3.3 Sex
    4. 3.4 Marital status
    5. 3.5 Living arrangements
    6. 3.6 Concessional status
    7. 3.7 Use of respite
    8. 3.8 Use of care packages
    9. 3.9 Summary
  • Section 4 (153K PDF)
    Variations in entry period with service characteristics
    1. 4.1 State and Territory differences
    2. 4.2 Low versus high care services
    3. 4.3 Low versus high residential care provison ratios
    4. 4.4 Location of ACAT assessment
    5. 4.5 Dependency level and location of ACAT assessment
    6. 4.6 Auspice of service
    7. 4.7 Co-located services
    8. 4.8 Region
    9. 4.9 Certification score
    10. 4.10 Summary
  • Section 5 (155K PDF)
    Multivariate models predicting entry period
    1. 5.1 The base model: low and high care residents
    2. 5.2 Alternative versions of the dependent variable
    3. 5.3 The impact of additional variables
    4. 5.4 The minimum model
    5. 5.5 Summary
  • Section 6 (48K PDF)
    The final model
    1. 6.1 Low and high care residents
    2. 6.2 Low care residents
    3. 6.3 High care residents
    4. 6.4 Summary
  • Section 7
    Appendix tables
    • Appendix A-C (150K PDF)
    • Appendix D (74K PDF)
    • Appendix E (67K PDF)
    • Appendix F (77K PDF)
• End matter
  • References