Why are younger people with disability in residential aged care facilities?
It appears that younger people with disability end up living in residential aged care facilities partly because there are no other options available. Even if there are other options, people end up in aged care facilities because these options are not sought and explored. In the past some of the reasons why younger people with disability entered residential aged care facilities included: • A lack of other accommodation and support alternatives; • Ageing carers ‘bringing along’ a family member with a disability when moving into the nursing home; • Residential aged care facilities were perceived by many as the only ‘secure’ option; • Residential aged care facilities were known to people while other alternatives were not generally well known and understood; • A Residential aged care facility may be the only facility close to family members; • Expectations of ‘high quality’ medical/ nursing care in residential aged care facilities; and • Residential aged care facilities are seen as a ‘final
