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released: 5 Jul 2002 author: Gibson D, Rowland F, Braun P & Angus P media release

Central to this paper are the changes that were made to combine the two tiers (nursing homes and hostels) of the residential aged care system under the restructuring of the system in October 1997. To explore the extent to which ageing in place has happened since 1997, this paper focuses on changes in services which were formerly hostel-type services prior to the reforms.

ISSN 1446 9820; ISBN 978 1 74024 190 8; Cat. no. AUS 26; 12pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Introduction
  • Context of the reforms
  • Method
  • Indicators of ageing in place
  • Entry as a high care resident
  • Changing service level dependency profiles
  • Truncated length of stay
  • Reason for discharge
  • Impact of ageing in place on the dependency profile for the aged care system as a whole
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendix tables

Recommended citation

Gibson D, Rowland F, Braun P & Angus P 2002. Ageing in place: before and after the 1997 aged care reforms. AIHW Bulletin. Cat. no. AUS 26. Canberra: AIHW.