This snapshot of data from the Department of Health provides key figures about aged care in the 2016–17 financial year up to 30 June 2017. Data are provided about spending on aged care, assessments and approvals, aged care clients, and the Australian population. The programs included in this data snapshot are: residential aged care, Home Care Packages, Restorative Care (Transition Care and Short-Term Restorative Care), and the Commonwealth Home Support Programme.
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Information on aged care services subsidised by the Australian Government under the Aged Care Act 1997, including: Residential aged care services (aged care homes), Services that provide Home Care Packages, Transition Care, Innovation Pool, Multi-Purpose Services providing aged care, Short Term Restorative Care. It also includes services funded under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.
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This snapshot of data from the Department of Health provides key figures about aged care in the 2017–18 financial year up to 30 June 2018 and is a companion to the 2017–18 Report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997. The sixth and final release completes the Aged Care Data Snapshot 2018, and provides home care data and updates to assessment and approvals data across remoteness areas.
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The Stocktake of Australian Government Subsidised Aged Care Places provides a snapshot of the number of operational and allocated aged care places in Australia each year, as at 30 June. It covers aged care services subsidised by the Australian Government under the Aged Care Act 1997, including: Residential aged care services, Services that provide Home Care Packages, Transition Care services, Short-Term Restorative Care services, Innovative Pool services, Multi-Purpose Services providing aged care. It also includes services funded under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program.
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