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Definition

Number of people aged 70 years and over, plus Indigenous people aged 50-69 years, receiving aged care services in community settings or residential settings

Indicator Summary

Numerator
Number of individuals using residential aged care or community-based aged programs during the 12 months to 30 June
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Denominator
Population aged 70 years or over plus Indigenous people aged 50–69 years at 30 June
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Computation

Services included are: Home and Community Care (HACC), Veterans’ Home Care (VHC), Community Aged Care Packages (CACP), Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH), EACH Dementia (EACH-D), residential aged care, residential respite and Transition Care.

State and territory and remoteness is based on location of service provider, except for the HACC program where state or territory is based on the location …

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Disaggregation

2008–09 and 2009–10 (updated to include DVA data), and 2010–11—State and territory, by each program (and total), by:

  • age group (50-69 (HACC only); 70-74; 75-79; 80-84; 85-89; 90 years and over)
  • Indigenous status
  • remoteness (Australian Standard Geographic Classification Remoteness Structure)

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

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Calculation rules

Computation Rule
Description

Services included are: Home and Community Care (HACC), Veterans’ Home Care (VHC), Community Aged Care Packages (CACP), Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH), EACH Dementia (EACH-D), residential aged care, residential respite and Transition Care.

State and territory and remoteness is based on location of service provider, except for the HACC program where state or territory is based on the location of the HACC agency and the remoteness category is based on the postcode of the care recipient.

Presented as:

  • a number, and
  • per 1,000
Numerators
Number of individuals using residential aged care or community-based aged programs during the 12 months to 30 June
Denominators
Population aged 70 years or over plus Indigenous people aged 50–69 years at 30 June
Disaggregation

2008–09 and 2009–10 (updated to include DVA data), and 2010–11—State and territory, by each program (and total), by:

  • age group (50-69 (HACC only); 70-74; 75-79; 80-84; 85-89; 90 years and over)
  • Indigenous status
  • remoteness (Australian Standard Geographic Classification Remoteness Structure)

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

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