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

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).