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Objective
Provide an overview of how care needs in permanent residential aged care differ by dementia status.
Methods
On entry into permanent residential aged care, people's care needs are assessed on the Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI). ACFI also captures health conditions that are considered to affect the cost of people's care, such as dementia. Data were compared between 2009 and 2015.
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AimTo understand how older Australians used Federal Government‐funded aged care services in the eight years before their death.
MethodThe Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's Pathways in Aged Care (PIAC) database was used to examine individual patterns of aged care service use between 2002 and 2011 for the 116 481 people who died in 2010–2011 aged 65 or over.
ResultsAbout 80% of Australians...
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