Residential aged care in Australia 2009-10: a statistical overview

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12 September 2011Focusing on the residential aged care system in Australia, which is regulated and principally funded by the Australian Government, this report includes information on community-based aged care for context.

Residential aged care in Australia 2009-10 provides comprehensive statistical information on residential aged care facilities, their residents, admissions and separations, and residents' dependency levels. At 30 June 2010, there were nearly 183,000 residential aged care places, an increase of almost 3% compared with 30 June 2009. Over 83,500 permanent residents (52%) had a recorded diagnosis of dementia at 30 June 2010. Other recorded health conditions included circulatory diseases (40,000 residents) and diseases of the musculoskeletal and connective tissue (27,500 residents).

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Publisher TypeAcademic research centre, Government or Gov agency
CoverageAustralia
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