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Friday, August 29, 2014

Transition care for older people leaving hospital

Today the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare has published Transition care for older people leaving hospital: 2005-06 to 2012-13

This report looks at the Transition Care Program which assisted more than 87,000 people between 2005 and 2013.  81% of the recipients completed their planned care under the program, and of them 76% had improved functional status.  54% of care recipients returned to live in the community, and of these two thirds did not enter residential aged care within 12 months.

AIHW 2014. Transition care for older people leaving hospital: 2005-06 to 2012-13. Aged care statistics series 40. Cat. no. AGE 75. Canberra: AIHW

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