4 years ago
MORE THAN 100,000 OLDER AUSTRALIANS STILL WAITING FOR HOME CARE
JULIE COLLINS MP
New Government figures quietly released today reveal more than 103,000 older Australians are still waiting for the home care package they have been approved for.
These shocking figures follow the Aged Care Royal Commission’s interim report which called the long waiting times older Australians faced for home care ‘neglect’.
The new data is yet more evidence the Morrison Government’s response to the Royal Commission’s interim report has failed.
With COVID-19 likely to result in even more older Australians choosing to receive aged care at home, the Morrison Government must do more.
The Government’s announcement of just 6,000 more home care packages earlier this month will not put a dent in this lengthy waiting list.
While Australians are understandably concerned and focused on the risks of COVID-19 to older people, we must not forget the failings of our country’s broken aged care system.
The Morrison Government cannot wait for the COVID-19 crisis to be over for it to do more to fix our aged care system.
The shocking figures that reveal the crisis in Australia’s aged care system just keep growing.
Almost 30,000 older Australians sadly passed away in just two years while waiting for home care.
Older Australians waiting for high level home care packages are waiting almost three years to get the care they have been approved for.
Scott Morrison and the Government must do better to ensure older Australians get the quality aged care services they deserve now.
These shocking figures follow the Aged Care Royal Commission’s interim report which called the long waiting times older Australians faced for home care ‘neglect’.
The new data is yet more evidence the Morrison Government’s response to the Royal Commission’s interim report has failed.
With COVID-19 likely to result in even more older Australians choosing to receive aged care at home, the Morrison Government must do more.
The Government’s announcement of just 6,000 more home care packages earlier this month will not put a dent in this lengthy waiting list.
While Australians are understandably concerned and focused on the risks of COVID-19 to older people, we must not forget the failings of our country’s broken aged care system.
The Morrison Government cannot wait for the COVID-19 crisis to be over for it to do more to fix our aged care system.
The shocking figures that reveal the crisis in Australia’s aged care system just keep growing.
Almost 30,000 older Australians sadly passed away in just two years while waiting for home care.
Older Australians waiting for high level home care packages are waiting almost three years to get the care they have been approved for.
Scott Morrison and the Government must do better to ensure older Australians get the quality aged care services they deserve now.