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Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview

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Release Date: 15 Jun 2007
Topic: Aged care
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2007. Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview. Cat. no. AGE 54. Canberra: AIHW.

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Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview provides comprehensive statistical information on residential aged care homes and their residents. The report contains information on the capacity of residential aged care homes, their residents and resident characteristics, levels of dependency among residents, and admissions and separations. The report will be particularly useful to aged care service planners, providers of aged care services, and researchers in the field.

  • ISBN: 978 1 74024 691 0
  • Cat. no: AGE 54
  • Pages: 85
Findings from this report:
  • The average stay in respite residential aged care in 2005–06 was just over 3 weeks

  • There were over 166,000 operational places in residential aged care at 30 June 2006

  • 155,000 people were living in permanent residential aged care at 30 June 2006

  • Women made up almost 3 in 4 (72%) of people in permanent residential aged care 30 June 2006

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Residential aged care in Australia 2005-06: a statistical overview

15 Jun 2007

Previous releases

  • Residential aged care in Australia 2004-05: a statistical overview 16 Jun 2006
  • Residential aged care in Australia 2003-04: a statistical overview 21 Jul 2005
  • Residential aged care in Australia 2002-03: a statistical overview 30 Jun 2004
  • Residential aged care in Australia 2001-02: a statistical overview 26 Jun 2003
  • Residential aged care in Australia 2000-01: a statistical overview 07 May 2002
  • Residential aged care in Australia 1999-00: a statistical overview 18 May 2001

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