The AIHW has released the latest data on residential and home care service providers, as well as the people in care, for the 2013-14 financial year in their web report, Residential aged care and Home Care 2013–14.
Some of the statistics presented show that two out of three people in permanent residential aged care were women. The average age for women was 85.8 and for men, 81.6. 67% of these people required high-level care to manage behaviour, while 47% needed this care for activities of daily living and 40% for complex health care. 24% of Indigenous people in permanent aged care were under 65, compared to 3% for non-Indigenous residents.
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