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Media Release: Aged Care in Australia - A Shocking Tale of Neglect

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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Interim Report has found the aged care system fails to meet the needs of its older, vulnerable, citizens. It does not deliver uniformly safe and quality care, is unkind and uncaring towards older people and, in too many instances, it neglects them.

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Royal Commission into Aged Care, 2019, Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (https://agedcare.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/Pages/interim-report.aspx)

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