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released: 8 Aug 2006 author: AIHW

An Australian Government initiative, the Retirement Villages Care Pilot (RVCP ) has trialled the provision of flexible care packages into retirement villages in metropolitan, regional and rural locations across Australia. The evaluation found that RVCP packages deliver a more comprehensive range of services than Community Aged Care Packages, and are able to deliver service levels ranging from a low-level HACC service of one type of assistance up to that of a typical Extended Aged Care at Home package, or higher.

ISSN 1325-6025; ISBN 978 1 74024 583 8; Cat. no. AGE 49; 320pp.; Internet only

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (113K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables (Part A)
    • List of figures (Part A)
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary of findings
  • Part A Main report
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (365K PDF)
      • 1.1 Retirement living versus assisted living housing
      • 1.2 Evaluation aims and methods
      • 1.3 Format of the evaluation report
    2. Project and participant profiles
      • 2.1 Project overviews
      • 2.2 RVCP service expenditure profile
      • 2.3 Care recipient profiles
      • 2.4 Carer profiles
      • 2.5 Summary
    3. A comparison of RVCP with mainstream care packages
      • 3.1 Novel features of RVCP packages
      • 3.2 A comparison of service delivery in RVCP, CACP and EACH
      • 3.3 Principal findings
    4. Impact of RVCP services on need for residential aged care (187K PDF)
      • 4.1 Introduction
      • 4.2 Addressing ADL support needs
      • 4.3 Accommodation outcomes
      • 4.4 Consumer feedback
      • 4.5 Other considerations
      • 4.6 Principal findings
    5. Sharing the cost of care
      • 5.1 Main sources of project income
      • 5.2 Income and expenditure
      • 5.3 Principal findings
    6. Conclusion
      • 6.1 Key issues
      • 6.2 Pilot strengths and weaknesses
  • Part B Project reports
  • Sections
    1. HN McLean Memorial Retirement Village (196K PDF)
    2. Australian Unity Retirement Living Services
    3. Morshead Home for Veterans and Aged Persons
    4. Forest Place Retirement Village (194K PDF)
    5. Southern Cross Care (Victoria)
    6. Kingston City Council
    7. ECH Incorporated (235K PDF)
    8. Resthaven Incorporated
    9. Mandurah Retirement Village
    10. Aged Care Services Australia
  • End matter (221K PDF)
    • Appendix tables for Part A
    • Appendix tables for Part B
    • Appendix 1 Assessment tools
    • Appendix 2 Care Experience Survey results
    • References

Recommended citation

Hales C, Ross L & Ryan C 2006. National evaluation of the Retirement Villages Care Pilot: final report. Cat. no. AGE 49. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442467874>.