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Aged care packages in the community 2008-09: a statistical overview
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Topic: Aged care
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2010) Aged care packages in the community 2008-09: a statistical overview, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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At 30 June 2009, over 44,000 people were receiving help from a community aged care package, including just over 23,300 new admissions during 2008-09. The findings suggest that proportionate to their populations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and those from non-English-speaking countries used community aged care packages at a higher rate compared with other Australians.
- ISSN: 1329-5705
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-083-0
- Cat. no: AGE 61
- Pages: 136
Findings from this report:
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47,400 packages were available at 30 June 2009—almost 3.5 times greater than the number in 1999 (13,800)
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More than 44,000 people were using an aged care package at 30 June 2009
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CACP was the largest of the programs, with 86% of package-users receiving services through it
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More than half (54%) of CACP users lived alone, compared with 28% of those using EACH and 23% of EACHD