Approximately 4.2
per cent of Australia’s population (or 800,000 older people in 2006–07)
currently receive subsidised aged care services in Australia.
There are two types of aged
care services in Australia: residential and community aged care. As of 30 June
2008, there were 223,107 operational aged care places across the country. Of
these, 174,669 were residential places, 46,475 community care places and 1,963
transitional care places.
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