Question - Seniors

1. Can the Minister provide the number of patients in nursing-home type hospital stays, that is less than 35 days with no more than a seven-day break and when the patient no longer requires acute care, waiting for an aged care package.
2. Can the Minister provide the average number of patients in nursing-home type hospital stays waiting for an aged care package, per month over the last two years.
3. When someone is a nursing-home type patient in a hospital in Canberra, how long on average (mean days) are they staying in hospital when they’re waiting for an aged care package to be available.
4. Can the Minister provide the mean number of nursing-home type patients in hospitals in Canberra waiting for an aged care package, month by month over the last two years.

Please see attached PDF for a copy of the answer to question on notice No 840.