Better health and ageing for all Australians

Data on approved service providers and aged care places

Places / Grants / Ratios / Occupancy

These tables provide data on places allocated to and made operational by approved providers under the Aged Care Act 1997. All data in these tables is current at 30 June 2010.

Most of the data is sourced from the “Provision of 30 June 2010 Stocktake of Aged Care Places Outcome 4 – Aged Care and Population Ageing” which appears on the Parliamentary website. All of the data in this publication is suitable to release to the public.

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Contents

Definitions

Places

Operational Places
Allocated Places

Aged Care Approval Round

Places
Grants

Ratios

Allocated Ratios
Operational Ratios

Occupancy

Definitions

Place

  • A place is a capacity within an aged care service for provision of residential, community or flexible care to an individual.

Operational place

  • Within an aged care facility, an operational place is a place that is either occupied by a resident, or if not occupied, is available to be occupied.
  • Within community care this refers to a place against which the service provider is providing care and is claiming the subsidy.

Allocated place

  • A place that has been allocated through the Aged Care Approval Round and may or may not be operational.

Places

Operational Places at 30 June 2010

Operational Places
    NSW
    VIC
    QLD
    SA
    WA
    TAS
    NT
    ACT
    AUST.
Residential High
    32,291
    22,384
    15,624
    9,070
    7,210
    2,468
    345
    866
    90,258
Residential Low
    30,497
    24,907
    17,331
    8,020
    8,324
    2,171
    275
    1,153
    92,678
Residential Total
(a)
    62,788
    47,291
    32,955
    17,090
    15,534
    4,639
    620
    2,019
    182,936
Low Community
Care(b)
    14,341
    10,665
    7,989
    3,656
    4,233
    1,163
    709
    604
    43,360
EACH (High
Community Care)
    1,723
    1,366
    982
    399
    719
    152
    100
    146
    5,587
EACH-D (High
Community Care)
    792
    569
    533
    194
    321
      86
      38
      50
    2,583
Total Community
    16,856
    12,600
    9,504
    4,249
    5,273
    1,401
    847
    800
    51,530
Transition Care
    934
    674
    480
    231
    227
      82
      29
      41
    2,698
Total Places
    80,578
    60,565
    42,939
    21,570
    21,034
    6,122
    1,496
    2,860
    237,164
(a) Includes residential places that were operational in Australian Government subsidised residential aged care services, Multi-Purpose Services and services delivered under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy and Innovative Pool in a residential setting.
(b) Includes community care places that were delivered as Community Aged Care Packages, Multi-Purpose Services, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy, or Innovative Pool in a community setting.
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Allocated Places at 30 June 2010

Allocated Places
    NSW
    VIC
    QLD
SA
    WA
    TAS
    NT
    ACT
    AUST.
Residential High
    36,255
25,045
    17,975
    9,642
    8,633
    2,616
    378
    1,130
    101,674
Residential Low
    34,201
26,973
    19,184
    8,359
    9,141
    2,472
    307
    1,325
    101,962
Residential Total
(a)
    70,456
52,018
    37,159
    18,001
17,774
    5,088
    685
    2,455
    203,636
Low Community
Care (b)
    14,351
10,665
    8,064
    3,656
    4,243
    1,163
    715
    604
    43,461
EACH (High
Community Care)
    1,723
    1,366
    992
    399
    719
    152
    100
    146
    5,597
EACH-D (High
Community Care)
    792
    569
    533
    194
    321
      86
      38
      50
    2,583
Total Community
    16,866
12,600
    9,589
    4,249
    5,283
    1,401
    853
    800
    51,641
Transition Care
    1,156
    837
    606
    289
    286
      97
      29
      49
    3,349
Total Places
    88,478
65,455
    47,354
    22,539
23,343
    6,586
    1,567
    3,304
    258,626
(a) Includes residential places that were operational in Australian Government subsidised residential aged care services, Multi-Purpose Services and services delivered under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy and Innovative Pool in a residential setting.
(b) Includes community care places that were delivered as Community Aged Care Packages, Multi-Purpose Services, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Strategy, or Innovative Pool in a community setting.

Aged Care Approval Round

Outcome of Aged Care Approval Round – Places 2009-10

Places
    NSW
    VIC
    QLD
SA
    WA
    TAS
    NT
    ACT
AUST.
Residential High
    713
    1192
    918
    151
    222
    174
      20
      61
    3,451
Residential Low
    891
    381
    581
      86
      92
      47
0
      30
    2,108
Residential Total
    1,604
    1,573
1,583(a)
    237
    314
    221
      20
      91
5,643(a)
Low Community
Care
    722
    428
    471
    135
    507
      36
      37
      72
    2,408
EACH (High
Community Care)
    452
    338
    772
      17
    922
      22
      16
    175
    2,714
EACH-D (High
Community Care)
    155
    210
    442
      10
    562
      14
      10
    104
    1,507
Total Places
    2,933
    2,549
    3,268
    399
    2,305
    293
      83
    442
12,272
(a) Total figures for Qld and Aust include deferred Places from providers who are awaiting approved provider status.
Source: Residential aged care places and Capital Grant allocations by Approved Provider published data and
Community and Flexible aged care packages and Community / Flexible Care grant allocations by Approved Provider published on the Department of Health and Ageing Internet.
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Outcome of Aged Care Approval Round – Grants 2009-10

Grants
    NSW
    VIC
    QLD
SA
    WA
    TAS
    NT
    ACT
AUST.
Capital ($m)
    3.98
    5.82
    21.01
-
    0.76
    3.44
    6.61
-
    41.62
Community ($m)
    0.36
    0.53
    0.56
    0.05
    0.40
    0.10
    0.34
    0.10
    2.45
Total ($m)
    23.2
    14.2
    1.4
    0.3
    11.5
    5.5
    0.5
    0.2
    56.7
Source: 2009-10 Aged Care Approvals Round – Summary of places and grants allocations published on the Department of Health and Ageing Internet

Ratios

Allocated Ratios at 30 June 2010 (a)

Allocated Ratios
    NSW
    VIC
    QLD
SA
    WA
    TAS
    NT
    ACT
AUST.
Residential Care
    98.2
    96.7
    95.6
    97.3
    92.7
    92.7
    100.7
    97.7
    96.6
Community Care
    23.5
    23.4
    24.7
    23.0
    27.6
    25.5
    125.4
    31.8
    24.5
Transition Care
    1.6
    1.6
    1.6
    1.6
    1.5
    1.8
    4.3
    1.9
    1.6
Total
    123.3
    121.7
    121.9
    121.9
    121.8
    120.0
    230.4
    131.5
    122.7
(a) The ratio is calculated by multiplying places by 1,000 and dividing by the total population aged 70 years and over.
Source: “Provision of 30 June 2010 Stocktake of Aged Care Places Outcome 4 – Aged Care and Population
Ageing”

Operational Ratios at 30 June 2010 (a)

Outcome Ratios
    NSW
    VIC
    QLD
SA
    WA
    TAS
    NT
    ACT
AUST.
Residential Care
    87.5
    87.9
    84.8
    92.4
    81.1
    84.5
    91.1
    80.3
    86.8
Community Care
    23.5
    23.4
    24.5
    23.0
    27.5
    25.5
    124.5
    31.8
    24.5
Transition Care
    1.3
    1.3
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.5
    4.3
    1.6
    1.3
Total
    112.3
    112.6
    110.5
    116.6
    109.7
    111.6
    219.9
    113.8
    112.5
(a) The ratio is calculated by multiplying places by 1,000 and dividing by the total population aged 70 years and over.
Source: “Provision of 30 June 2010 Stocktake of Aged Care Places Outcome 4 – Aged Care and Population
Ageing”

Occupancy 2009-10 (a)

Occupancy
    NSW
    VIC
    QLD
SA
    WA
    TAS
    NT
    ACT
AUST.
Residential %
    92.7
    91.8
    92.0
    96.6
    94.1
    94.7
    89.2
    92.0
    92.8
Low Community
Care %
    96.4
    97.6
    83.7
    97.3
    85.0
    96.4
    91.8
    89.2
    93.2
EACH (High
Community Care)
%
    93.7
    96.0
    83.7
    97.1
    75.4
    93.0
    86.8
    92.0
    90.3
EACH-D (High
Community Care)
%
    89.7
    95.1
    72.4
    95.7
    72.4
    88.6
    67.6
    91.3
    85.6
(a) Calculation is based on the sum of resident days during the period, divided by the sum of available bed days during the period.
Source: “Provision of 30 June 2010 Stocktake of Aged Care Places Outcome 4 – Aged Care and Population
Ageing”
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