Number of new aged care recipients who commence a service within elapsed time periods during the financial year.
This item has been superseded by a newer version by one or more Registration Authorities.
Definition
The elapsed time between an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) approval and entry into a residential aged care service or commencement of a Community Aged Care Package (CACP), Extended Aged Care at Home (EACH) package or Extended Aged Care at Home Dementia (EACHD) package.
Indicator Summary
ACAT approval refers to the approval date of the most recent ACAT assessment prior to admission into residential care or commencement of a CACP, EACH or EACHD.
Service type: Residential care - high care; Residential care - low care; CACP; EACH and EACHD.
Elapsed time period: within two days or less, seven days or less, less than one month, less …
2011-12 - State and territory, by service type, by:
- Indigenous status
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
2011-12 - Nationally by service type, by SEIFA IRSD deciles.
2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 - State and territory.
Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication.
Calculation rules
- Description
ACAT approval refers to the approval date of the most recent ACAT assessment prior to admission into residential care or commencement of a CACP, EACH or EACHD.
Service type: Residential care - high care; Residential care - low care; CACP; EACH and EACHD.
Elapsed time period: within two days or less, seven days or less, less than one month, less than three months, less than nine months.
Analysis of Indigenous status is by self-reported indication on the associated last ACAT assessment record made before entry into aged care.
Remoteness, socioeconomic status and state and territory are based on the reported area of usual residence of the person before entry into aged care.
Presented as:
- percentage of people admitted by length of entry period and service type.
Number of new aged care recipients who commence a service within elapsed time periods during the financial year.
Total number of new aged care recipients during the financial year.
2011-12 - State and territory, by service type, by:
- Indigenous status
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles
2011-12 - Nationally by service type, by SEIFA IRSD deciles.
2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 - State and territory.
Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication.
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