Aged care use after hospital
Aged care residents
1 in 3 people living with dementia (33%) were aged care residents before and after discharge from their first hospitalisation, nearly 26,000 people.
Of these, 615 (2%) moved to a new residential aged care facility within 7-days of discharge from hospital. Most of these people entered their new residential aged care facility as a permanent resident (82%) and 18% entered their new residential aged care facility as a respite user (Table S1.14).
People who transitioned to residential aged care
Over 11,000 people, 14% of people living with dementia, moved from the community to live in residential aged care within 7-days of their discharge from hospital.
Half of these people entered a new residential aged care facility as a permanent resident (48%) and half (52%) entered their new residential aged care facility as a respite user (Table S1.15).