Data dictionary - Access to alternative care - Personal and community support - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Attributes

Outcome area	Personal and community support
Priority	Informal and carer supports
Measure	Proportion of primary carers who have no unmet need for respite care¹.
Most recent data	2022
Baseline data	2018
Population	Primary carers (aged 15 and over) living in households.
Numerator	Number of primary carers living in households who have no unmet need for respite care. These are defined as primary carers who received respite care in the last 3 months and do not need or do not know if they need it further, and those who did not receive respite care in last 3 months, or have never received respite care, and do not need or do not know if they need it.
Denominator	Number of primary carers living in households.
Computation description	Number of primary carers living in households have no unmet need for respite care, divided by the number of primary carers living in households. Expressed as a percentage.
Computation	100 × (Numerator ÷ Denominator)
Notes	The Strategy would like to see the following tracked – Proportion of informal carers of people with disability who report that alternative care arrangements are available and affordable. Available data do not allow the exact measure listed by the Strategy to be tracked. Currently an alternative measure is reported.

Source Name	Australian Bureau of Statistics – Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC)

Measure	Access to alternative care