Costs and benefits of housing as the 'home base' for older people
Summary
This project seeks to determine the costs and benefits of using private housing as the home base for care for older people. There are whole-of-government costs when not using housing as the home base for care for older people. These include the cost of premature admission to residential aged care and the use of acute, sub-acute and primary care services due to preventable injuries within the home. The absence of housing, as in the instance of homelessness, also imposes its own cost for individuals and governments.
Project Number: 60313
Research Theme: Care and Support Services
Project Leader: Bridge, Catherine
Funding Year: 2005
Research Centre: Sydney
More Information
Final Report: No. 115: The costs and benefits of using private housing as the 'home base' for care for older people: secondary data analysis
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Positioning Paper: No. 094: The costs and benefits of using private housing as the 'home base' for care for older people: a systematic literature review
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