The first younger person with a disability to give evidence to the Royal Commission into Aged Care has described her residential aged care facility as "hell".

Liz Corcoran, 43, told the commission that younger people are stuck living "a prison sentence" in nursing homes because there is nowhere else for them to go.

Younger people are stuck living "a prison sentence" with nursing homes being increasingly used as a band-aid solution for the failings of the federal and state governments, an inquiry has been told. Credit:Virginia Star

About 6000 people aged under 65 are living in nursing homes in Australia.

In the six years she has been in aged care, Ms Corcoran said she had been sexually assaulted, punched and pinched by staff.