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released: 9 Dec 2010 author: AIHW media release

'Residential aged care in Australia 2008-09: a statistical overview' provides comprehensive statistical information on residential aged care facilities and services, their residents, admissions and separations, and residents' dependency levels. At 30 June 2009, there were over 178,000 residential aged care places, an increase of 1.6% compared with 30 June 2008. Almost 82,000 permanent residents (59%) had a recorded diagnosis of dementia at 30 June 2009. Other recorded health conditions affecting residents included circulatory diseases (42,000 residents) and diseases of the musculoskeletal and connective tissue (26,800 residents).

ISSN 1329-5705; ISBN 978-1-74249-086-1; Cat. no. AGE 62; 208pp.; Internet only

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
  • Body section
    • Chapter 1
      1. Introduction
    • Chapter 2
      1. Residential aged care services and provision
        • 2.1 Residential aged care
        • 2.2 Community care
        • 2.3 Allocated places
        • 2.4 Operational places
        • 2.5 How are places distributed nationally?
        • 2.6 National target ratio and provision ratio
        • 2.7 Aged care facilities
        • 2.8 Extra Service
        • 2.9 Recurrent expenditure
    • Chapter 3
      1. Resident characteristics
        • 3.1 Number of residents
        • 3.2 Age and sex of residents
        • 3.3 Marital status
        • 3.4 How many residents identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?
        • 3.5 Country of birth
        • 3.6 Preferred languages
        • 3.7 Income source
        • 3.8 Financial support
        • 3.9 Hospital leave
        • 3.10 Newly admitted residents
    • Chapter 4
      1. Older residents
        • 4.1 Number of older people in Australia
        • 4.2 Number of residents aged 90 years and over
        • 4.3 Older resident admissions
        • 4.4 Marital status at admission
        • 4.5 Completed length of stay
        • 4.6 Separations
        • 4.7 Dementia and mental illness in older residents
        • 4.8 Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) care level
    • Chapter 5
      1. Patterns of use
        • 5.1 Admissions
        • 5.2 Separations
        • 5.3 Length of stay
        • 5.4 Average length of stay
        • 5.5 Resident turnover
        • 5.6 Usage rates
        • 5.7 Occupied place-days
        • 5.8 Occupancy rate
        • 5.9 Is there evidence of ageing in place?
    • Chapter 6
      1. Care level of residents
        • 6.1 Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI)
        • 6.2 ACFI dependency levels
        • 6.3 ACFI care level at admission
        • 6.4 ACFI care levels for permanent residents
        • 6.5 ACFI for younger people (aged under 65 years)
        • 6.6 ACFI care level for permanent residents by age
        • 6.7 ACFI care level at admission by age
        • 6.8 Separation mode by ACFI level of care
        • 6.9 Length of stay by ACFI level of care
        • 6.10 Health conditions
        • 6.11 Dementia and mental illness
    • Chapter 7
      1. Time series
        • 7.1 Trends in resident numbers
        • 7.2 Proportion of residents aged 80 years and over
        • 7.3 Admissions, separations, and completed length of stay
        • 7.4 Transition from respite care to permanent care
        • 7.5 Permanent residents by age and usage rates
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: Residential aged care services and provision
      • Appendix 2: Resident characteristics
      • Appendix 3: Older residents
      • Appendix 4: Patterns of use
      • Appendix 5: Aged Care Funding Instrument
      • Appendix 6: Population data
      • Appendix 7:Financial support arrangements
      • Appendix 8: Data and their limitations
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of appendix tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes

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.

  1. Supplementary tables added. (8 February 2011)
  2. (4 Jan 2012) The time series for ‘Trends in the size of residential aged care services’ has revised figures for 2009 and 2010 which affect Tables A1.4 and A1.5 and Figure 2.4 in Residential Aged Care in Australia 2008-09 Cat. No. AGE 62. The tables and figure have been replaced (pages 20, 104, 105).
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Recommended citation

AIHW 2010. Residential aged care in Australia 2008-09: a statistical overview. Aged care statistics series no. 31. Cat. no. AGE 62. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442472446>.