Patients waiting for residential aged care

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The data on this page shows the number of patients in metropolitan hospitals waiting for placement in a South Australian residential aged care home (RACH) and the statewide RACH bed occupancy.

  • The number of patients awaiting placement in a RACH is the combined total of patients awaiting standard beds and patients awaiting Memory Support Unit (MSU) beds.
  • The number of patients awaiting MSU beds is a subset of the total figure.

This update reports point-in-time data collected each Monday.

This information is updated on Wednesdays at approximately 12:00pm.

RACH occupancy in SA

 of 18,187 beds in SA*
National average*

*At 30 June 2023. Source: Australian Government Productivity Commission

Demand in SA metropolitan hospitals

Patients awaiting RACH
Patients awaiting RACH MSU
Total awaiting RACH in Hospital and other SA Health services

Patients awaiting RACH placement

Please note:

  • To hide or show individual data lines, click on the item in the legend underneath the chart.
  • This data is provided by the LHN Placement Teams each week.
  • Abbreviation: MSU (memory support unit) and RACH (residential aged care home).
  • *Patients in hospital awaiting RACH MSU data collection only available from 11/9/2023
  • **On 03/11/2025: Started to include awaiting RACH at other SA Health services - Care Awaiting Placement (CAPs), Mental Health (MH), and other transitional care services.