According to the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 6,436 older people died while they were waiting for their Support at Home package from 2025 to 2026. This number is a significant increase from 2024 to 2025, which was 4,812—34%.
Older Australians who were in the Support at Home Priority System had a mortality rate of 2%. Meanwhile, it was 6% for those who were receiving care from either a Transitional Home Care package or a Support at Home package. There is another report from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing that shows 11,787 people have left their homes to move into residential aged care.
As of 30 June 2026, almost 25,000 people have died among 390,901 people who have an allocated place in Transitional Home Care or Support at Home. Others, around 39,000, have since moved to residential aged care permanently.