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Table 13A.5
Table 13A.5
Average annual Australian Government RCS subsidy per occupied
place and the dependency level of aged care residents, June 2008
Unit NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust
Services with over 80 per cent low care (RCS 5-8 and ACFI Low) residents
Average annual Australian Government subsidy (a), (b), (c)
All ACFI/RCS
levels
$ 15 505 15 684 15 381 16 199 15 663 15 680 – 15 001 15 614
Proportion of residents
Resident classification scheme
RCS 1 % 0.1 – – – – – .. – –
RCS 2 % 0.4 0.7 1.2 0.3 0.8 1.3 .. – 0.6
RCS 3 % 4.8 5.6 5.3 6.6 4.2 6.0 .. 9.5 5.3
RCS 4 % 5.9 5.4 6.4 8.6 3.8 5.3 .. 4.8 6.0
RCS 5 % 24.1 27.9 23.7 29.8 23.1 19.2 .. 19.1 25.5
RCS 6 % 28.4 31.1 28.6 31.1 30.3 35.8 .. 23.8 29.7
RCS 7 % 33.6 28.2 32.0 22.1 36.4 31.1 .. 28.6 30.7
RCS 8 % 2.8 1.3 2.8 1.5 1.5 1.3 .. 14.3 2.2
All RCS levels % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. 100.0 100.0
Aged Care Funding Instrument
Activities of Daily Living
High % 4.3 2.9 2.5 0.7 0.9 – .. – 3.0
Medium % 49.2 58.8 49.2 60.3 65.0 45.2 .. 52.9 54.0
Low % 12.0 11.5 12.0 15.3 12.0 3.2 .. 29.4 12.1
Nil % 34.5 26.9 36.3 23.7 22.2 51.6 .. 17.7 31.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. 100.0 100.0
Behaviours
High % 13.1 12.1 10.3 15.7 9.4 4.8 .. 11.8 12.4
Medium % 29.0 35.1 27.4 35.7 30.8 32.3 .. 41.2 31.6
Low % 19.4 20.3 17.9 25.3 16.2 4.8 .. 23.5 19.7
Nil % 38.5 32.5 44.4 23.3 43.6 58.1 .. 23.5 36.3
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. 100.0 100.0
Complex Health Care
High % 4.0 2.0 1.7 2.7 6.0 1.6 .. – 3.0
Medium % 40.1 41.3 41.9 46.7 49.6 27.4 .. 52.9 41.6
Low % 19.6 15.5 14.8 20.0 14.5 11.3 .. 23.5 17.4
Nil % 36.4 41.1 41.6 30.7 29.9 59.7 .. 23.5 38.1
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .. 100.0 100.0
Numbers of residents
Total High Care no. 716 524 246 225 62 30 – 12 1 815
Total Low Care no. 3 012 2 288 1 099 695 319 183 – 26 7 622
All residents no. 3 728 2 812 1 345 920 381 213 – 38 9 437
REPORT ON
GOVERNMENT
SERVICES 2009
AGED CARE
SERVICES