Election 2019: whatever happened to aged care?

Published 21st May 2019

It is extremely disappointing the major political parties have failed to commit extra funding to fix the aged care mess.

We have been telling all candidates in this election there is a dire need to commit to a better age care system across the board. Tripling the number of high-level aged care packages for vulnerable older Australians would be an excellent start, as well as publishing staff-patient ratios in aged-care homes and dementia-care training for all nursing home staff.

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Source:
Unknown Author, 2019, National Seniors (https://nationalseniors.com.au/)