AIHW dementia report
September 7, 2015
More than half (52%) of all
people in permanent residential
aged care had a diagnosis of
dementia according to a report
released by the Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare
(AIHW).
While in the general population
3% of people aged between 65 and
74 are thought to have dementia,
43% of people in permanent
residential aged care in the same
age group had a diagnosis of
dementia, said AIHW spokesperson
Justine Boland.
At 30 June 2014, there were
263,788 government-funded
aged care places, three-quarters
(189,283) of which were in
residential aged care, while the
remaining 66,149 were in the
Home Care Packages Programme.
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