Pathways of younger people entering permanent residential aged care
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Pathways of younger people entering permanent residential aged care, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Pathways of younger people entering permanent residential aged care. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Pathways of younger people entering permanent residential aged care. AIHW, 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Pathways of younger people entering permanent residential aged care. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Pathways of younger people entering permanent residential aged care, AIHW, Canberra.
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Aged care is generally provided on the basis of need, so sometimes it is used by even very young people. In permanent residential aged care, around 2,000 younger people (aged under 65) take up care every year. Their pathways into care are often short, but once in permanent care, their care needs vary considerably—from short stays due to palliative care to long stays due to common older age-related conditions.
- Cat. no: AGE 89
- Pages: 40
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In each year between 2009–10 & 2013–14, around 2,000 younger people (refers to people under 65) entered permanent care
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The most common conditions recorded at assessment for younger people were dementia, cancer and cerebrovascular disease.