Aged residential care occupancy for the 31 December 2015 quarter
By Alyson Kana, Senior Policy Analyst, NZACA
For the third consecutive quarter national occupancy rates have remained steady. Since the June 15 quarter, overall occupancy rates have remained steady around 87.9% (Figure 1). This follows a significant period of change since September 2013 (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Overall occupancy in the aged residential care sector by quarter since September 2013
Compared to the previous year, occupancy for the December 2015 quarter rose significantly by 2% (Figure 1).
Similarly, if ORA ARRC-certified beds[1] were excluded from overall occupancy there was little change in overall occupancy for the December 2015 quarter compared to the September quarter (Figure 2). Compared to the previous year (December 2014), overall occupancy remained the same (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Overall occupancy with and without ORA ARRC-certified beds and residents
Table 1 illustrates the overall occupancy for each DHB region as at 31 December 2015. West Coast DHB region had the highest occupancy (95.1%) compared to Lakes DHB region which had the lowest occupancy (78.7%).
|
DHB |
Overall occupancy |
Difference |
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Sept-15 |
Dec-15 |
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|
West Coast DHB |
83.0% |
95.1% |
12.1% |
|
Tairawhiti DHB |
83.8% |
87.5% |
3.8% |
|
Lakes DHB |
76.6% |
78.7% |
2.1% |
|
South Canterbury DHB |
90.1% |
91.9% |
1.8% |
|
Wairarapa DHB |
79.3% |
80.9% |
1.6% |
|
Waitemata DHB |
89.9% |
91.4% |
1.5% |
|
Capital and Coast DHB |
86.6% |
88.0% |
1.5% |
|
Canterbury DHB |
88.4% |
89.6% |
1.3% |
|
Hutt Valley DHB |
89.8% |
90.2% |
0.4% |
|
Nationally |
87.8% |
87.9% |
0.1% |
|
Waikato DHB |
85.4% |
85.5% |
0.1% |
|
Bay of Plenty DHB |
88.3% |
88.4% |
0.1% |
|
Counties Manukau DHB |
89.2% |
89.0% |
-0.2% |
|
Whanganui DHB |
84.3% |
84.1% |
-0.2% |
|
Southern DHB |
88.4% |
88.1% |
-0.2% |
|
Nelson Marlborough DHB |
81.5% |
80.9% |
-0.6% |
|
Hawke's Bay DHB |
92.5% |
91.9% |
-0.6% |
|
Auckland DHB |
89.0% |
88.3% |
-0.7% |
|
Northland DHB |
87.6% |
86.5% |
-1.1% |
|
MidCentral DHB |
90.2% |
87.7% |
-2.5% |
|
Taranaki DHB |
90.1% |
85.0% |
-5.1% |
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Table 1: Overall occupancy by DHB region |
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West Coast DHB region also experienced the greatest occupancy increase between the September 2015 and December 2015 quarters (12.1%) (Table 1). Taranaki DHB region had the greatest decrease in occupancy over the same period (5.1%) (Table 1).
Occupancy by bed type shows dedicated rest home beds had the highest occupancy. That is, 90.0% of 12,423 dedicated rest home beds were occupied. 89.8% of dedicated hospital beds were occupied, along with 88.8% of swing/dual service beds, 87.6% of dementia beds and 87.8% of psychogeriatric beds.
Table 2 illustrates the breakdown of occupancy across the different DHB regions by service/bed type.
|
DHB |
Dedicated rest home beds |
Dedicated hospital beds |
Dual service beds |
Dementia beds |
Psycho geriatric beds |
Dedicated YPD beds |
Other beds |
|
Auckland DHB |
87.0% |
89.4% |
88.3% |
86.4% |
79.5% |
75.9% |
100.0% |
|
Bay of Plenty DHB |
88.8% |
89.8% |
85.6% |
92.5% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
Canterbury DHB |
92.3% |
98.1% |
96.9% |
88.4% |
94.8% |
- |
- |
|
Capital and Coast DHB |
89.0% |
89.9% |
89.3% |
86.8% |
78.9% |
- |
- |
|
Counties Manukau DHB |
91.0% |
86.8% |
95.5% |
90.8% |
73.0% |
100.0% |
69.0% |
|
Hawke's Bay DHB |
96.8% |
88.4% |
87.8% |
93.0% |
97.6% |
- |
100.0% |
|
Hutt Valley DHB |
99.2% |
89.7% |
89.0% |
98.4% |
89.4% |
- |
71.4% |
|
Lakes DHB |
75.1% |
81.5% |
82.2% |
95.7% |
92.9% |
- |
- |
|
MidCentral DHB |
94.6% |
92.5% |
87.3% |
78.1% |
87.5% |
- |
100.0% |
|
Nelson Marlborough DHB |
89.5% |
78.8% |
80.5% |
88.5% |
100.0% |
- |
75.0% |
|
Northland DHB |
82.2% |
99.2% |
72.9% |
81.1% |
95.5% |
- |
71.4% |
|
South Canterbury DHB |
88.0% |
91.9% |
98.2% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
0.0% |
|
Southern DHB |
90.4% |
94.3% |
83.8% |
82.1% |
61.5% |
- |
0.0% |
|
Tairawhiti DHB |
90.4% |
84.4% |
95.3% |
66.7% |
- |
- |
- |
|
Taranaki DHB |
89.9% |
82.8% |
79.8% |
89.5% |
71.2% |
100.0% |
- |
|
Waikato DHB |
90.9% |
80.6% |
90.2% |
85.5% |
97.6% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
Wairarapa DHB |
83.3% |
72.7% |
95.0% |
87.9% |
- |
0.0% |
- |
|
Waitemata DHB |
91.7% |
89.7% |
91.9% |
95.2% |
97.1% |
- |
0.0% |
|
West Coast DHB |
84.3% |
115.1% |
68.8% |
100.0% |
- |
- |
100.0% |
|
Whanganui DHB |
88.2% |
71.9% |
89.2% |
77.5% |
100.0% |
- |
81.8% |
|
Nationally |
90.0% |
89.8% |
88.8% |
87.6% |
87.8% |
81.3% |
66.4% |
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Table 2: Occupancy by DHB region and bed/service type on 31 December 2015 |
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[1] ORA ARRC-certified beds are rooms that are sold to residents under an occupancy rights agreement (ORA) that are also certified under the Age Related Residential Care (ARRC) Services Agreement to supply services to the resident in that room if and when they require this type of care.
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