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In Australia, the aged care system offers a range of options to meet the different care needs of each individual. The desire of many older Australians to remain in their own homes as they age has led to an increasing focus on the provision of aged care services in community settings.

More reports and statistics on aged care can be found under Dementia, Older people and Palliative care services.

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  • GEN Aged Care Data: Residential aged care quality indicators  15 Dec 2020
  • GEN Aged Care: My Aged Care Region  02 Dec 2020
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GEN Aged care data logowww.gen-agedcaredata.gov.auInformation on aged care data
Over halfof places in residential aged care are managed by not-for-profit organisations
Governments subsidisethe cost of care and recipients contribute through fees and payments
Linked datashows how people in aged care interact with the health systems
Just over halfof people in permanent residential aged care have dementia
More peopleare using home care, increasing by around 140% over the last 10 years
On averagepeople spend 2 and a half years in permanent residential aged care
A quality indicatorprogram is in place to report on residential aged care services
Most peopleenter permanent residential aged care at the age of 75 and over

Last updated 15/01/2018 v13.0

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