Older people leaving hospital: a statistical overview of the Transition Care Program in 2008-09

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Release Date: 02 Jun 2011

Topic: Older people

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) Older people leaving hospital: a statistical overview of the Transition Care Program in 2008-09, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2011). Older people leaving hospital: a statistical overview of the Transition Care Program in 2008-09. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Older people leaving hospital: a statistical overview of the Transition Care Program in 2008-09. AIHW, 2011.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Older people leaving hospital: a statistical overview of the Transition Care Program in 2008-09. Canberra: AIHW; 2011.

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Older people leaving hospital: a statistical overview of the Transition Care Program in 2008-09 presents key statistics on the characteristics and services provided to older people who are eligible for residential aged care directly after discharge from hospital. The program aims to improve recipients' independence and functioning. At 30 June 2009 there were 2,228 places providing transitional care to older people leaving hospital. During 2008-09, around 12,600 individuals received just over 14,000 episodes of transition care.

ISSN: 1329-5705
ISBN: 978-1-74249-139-4
Cat. no: AGE 64
Pages: 52

Findings from this report:

There were 2,228 places in Transition Care at 30 June 2009
During 2008–09, 14,000 episodes of care were provided through the program to 12,600 people
Half returned to the community (35% with a community aged care service in place, and 15% with no service)
The median length of stay on TCP was 7 weeks

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Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Summary
Body section
- Introduction
  - Transition Care Program
- Transition care services and provision
  - Service outlets
    - Where are the service outlets located?
    - Available places
    - Provision, occupancy and usage of TCP
- Characteristics of recipients
  - Sex and age
  - Recipients' background
- Admissions and discharges
  - Admissions
  - Discharges
  - Discharge destinations
  - Functional status
    - MBI and discharge destination
    - MBI change from admission to discharge for individuals
  - Length of stay
    - Length of stay and discharge destination
- Conclusion
End matter
- Appendixes
  - Appendix A: Statistical tables
  - Appendix B: Data sources and limitations
    - Care recipients' personal details
    - Care recipients' admission and separation details
    - Service providers' details
    - Limitations of the data
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
- List of boxes

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