Prolonged Wait Time Prior to Entry to Home Care PackagesIncreases the Risk of Mortality and Transition to Permanent Residential Aged CareServices: Findings from the Registry of Older South Australians (ROSA)

摘要

BackgroundOlder Australians prefer to live in their own homes for longer and reforms have attempted to increase the volume of home care packages (HCPs) accordingly but there remains a queue with the longer-term consequences unclear.