Community Aged Care Packages in Australia 2004-05: a statistical overview

Community Aged Care Packages in Australia 2004-05: a statistical overview

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Aged care statistics series no. 23

This report presents key statistics on the levels of service provision of the Community Aged Care Packages Program and the Extended Aged Care at Home Program funded by the Australian Government. Detailed statistics on the sociodemographic characteristics of package recipients and the patterns of the recipients' admissions and separations are also provided. The data presented in this report are a useful resource for those involved in policy development, policy review and the planning of aged care services, with a specific interest in community aged care.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 30 June 2006; ISSN 1329-5705; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 571 5; AIHW cat. no. AGE 47; 88pp.; $25.00

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  • Preliminary material (135K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of figures and tables
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
  • Sections (341K PDF)
    1. Introduction
    2. Services and provision 
      1. Packages
      2. Service outlets
    3. CACP recipients
      1. Age distribution
      2. Younger care recipients (aged under 65 years)
      3. Birthplace and preferred language
      4. Usual residence status
      5. Living arrangements
      6. 'Special needs' groups
      7. Admissions and separations
    4. EACH recipients
      1. Age distribution
      2. Birthplace and preferred language
      3. Living arrangements
      4. Indigenous care recipients
      5. Admissions
      6. Separations
  • End matter
    • Data sources and limitations (140K PDF)
    • Glossary
    • References
    • Appendix tables

Notes and corrections

  • 6 March 2007: An amendment has been made to 3.2 Younger care recipients (aged under 65 years) on page 14 in Chapter 3 of the online publication.  The printed report says 37% identified as Indigenous Australians. The correct figure is 23%.