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released: 15 Jun 2007 author: AIHW media release

Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview provides comprehensive statistical information on residential aged care homes and their residents. The report contains information on the capacity of residential aged care homes, their residents and resident characteristics, levels of dependency among residents, and admissions and separations. The report will be particularly useful to aged care service planners, providers of aged care services, and researchers in the field.

ISSN 1329-5705; ISBN 978 1 74024 691 0; Cat. no. AGE 54; 85pp.; Internet only

Full publication

Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Overview (43KB XLS)
    2. Residential aged care services (33K XLS)
    3. Patterns of use (132K XLS)
    4. Resident characteristics (417K XLS)
  • End matter
    • Appendixes (49K XLS)
      1. Additional time series data
      2. Population data
      3. Data and their limitations
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Notes and corrections

The current version of the publication is presented above.

Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

  • Section 1 - Overview (40KB XLS)
    • Table 1.1 Amendment to footnotes. "From 1999, the data in this table include places and packages provided by Multi-Purpose Services and flexible funding under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy."
    • The sections of Table 1.2 entitled Total (places and packages) which give numbers and percentages have been recalculated. No text or other calculations are affected.
  • Full publication (469KB PDF)

Recommended citation

AIHW 2007. Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview. Cat. no. AGE 54. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442467997>.