Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the access of approved aged care services and factors associated with accessing these services. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted (1/7/2003-30/6/2013). The incidence of accessing permanent residential, home and respite care services within one year or transition care within 28 days of approval was evaluated. The association of participants’ socio-demographic characteristics, limitations, health conditions and assessment characteristics with service use was evaluated. Results: In 799 750 older Australians, the incidence of accessing approved permanent residential care within one year was 70.9% (95% confidence interval [CI] 70.8%-71.0%), home care 49.5% (95% CI 49.3%-49.7%) and respite 41.8% (95% CI 41.7%-41.9%). The incidence of accessing transition care at 28 days was 78.5% (95% CI 78.2%-78.7%). Aged care seekers’, assessments’ and assessors’ characteristics are associated with service access. Conclusion: Monitoring the use of aged care service approvals is necessary for the identification of service access barriers to support evidence-based policy changes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e382-e392 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Australasian Journal on Ageing |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 23 May 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Oct 2020 |
Bibliographical note
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Keywords
- health services for the aged
- healthy ageing
- home care
- registeries
- residential facilities
- respite care
- transitional care