Over 4500 people under 65 years of age live in residential aged care (RAC) in Australia, and they experience poorer quality of life than people with similar disabilities in other settings. Governments have long aimed to reduce admissions of young people to RAC, but in 2019, for the first time, the Australian Government adopted target dates for resolving the issue. The targets include reducing admissions of young people to near zero by 2022 and ensuring almost no one remains in RAC beyond 2025. The national strategy focuses mostly on housing and support needs being met via the National Disability Insurance Scheme. The present study drew on quarterly data from the National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse to examine progress toward these targets. Significant progress was evident in terms of young people entering RAC: admissions reduced each quarter between September 2018 and July 2020, halving over two years. No progress was evident in terms of young people leaving RAC for better arrangements; the trend neither increased nor decreased. Prospects for achieving the targets are discussed.

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养老院中的年轻人：澳大利亚是否有望实现其目标？

澳大利亚有超过 4500 名 65 岁以下的人住在养老院 (RAC)，他们的生活质量低于其他环境中的类似残疾者。长期以来，各国政府一直致力于减少 RAC 的年轻人入学率，但在 2019 年，澳大利亚政府首次通过了解决该问题的目标日期。目标包括到 2022 年将年轻人的入学率减少到接近于零，并确保 2025 年后几乎没有人留在 RAC。国家战略主要侧重于通过国家残疾保险计划满足住房和支持需求。本研究利用国家老年护理数据交换所的季度数据来检查实现这些目标的进展情况。在进入 RAC 的年轻人方面取得了显着进展：从 2018 年 9 月到 2020 年 7 月，每个季度的入学人数都减少了，两年内减少了一半。在年轻人离开 RAC 以获得更好的安排方面没有明显的进展；趋势既不增加也不减少。讨论了实现目标的前景。