3 years ago
NIGHTMARE WAITING LISTS FOR HOME CARE
Julie Collins MP
New figures reveal the full extent of the Morrison Government’s waiting lists for home care packages across the country, with 100,000 older Australians desperate for care.
This is yet more evidence of the Morrison Government’s neglect of our broken aged care system.
In New South Wales alone more than 30,000 older Australians are still waiting for care that has been approved.
Older Australians are fed up with waiting for care at home when they have already been approved for it.
It is completely unacceptable that the Morrison Government hasn’t done more to fix this crisis.
Older Australians waiting for high level home care are waiting almost three years to receive the package they have had approved.
Over the three years leading up to mid-2020, more than 30,000 older Australians died waiting for home care that had been approved.
Time and time again, the Morrison Government’s announcements of new home care packages have failed to address the true scale of Australia’s aged care crisis.
The Aged Care Royal Commission’s interim report detailing the crisis in aged care was titled ‘Neglect’.
It called for urgent action more than a year ago but there are still 100,000 older Australians waiting for home care.
How can anyone trust the Morrison Government to deliver on the final recommendations of the Royal Commission when it hasn’t fixed this?
Day after day, evidence mounts of serious neglect in aged care. But all we see from the Morrison Government is excuses and smoke and mirrors.
Scott Morrison needs to accept responsibility for this waitlist and fix it.
Neglect. That’s the legacy of this Government when it comes to aged care.
Australians deserve better.
This is yet more evidence of the Morrison Government’s neglect of our broken aged care system.
In New South Wales alone more than 30,000 older Australians are still waiting for care that has been approved.
Older Australians are fed up with waiting for care at home when they have already been approved for it.
It is completely unacceptable that the Morrison Government hasn’t done more to fix this crisis.
Older Australians waiting for high level home care are waiting almost three years to receive the package they have had approved.
Over the three years leading up to mid-2020, more than 30,000 older Australians died waiting for home care that had been approved.
Time and time again, the Morrison Government’s announcements of new home care packages have failed to address the true scale of Australia’s aged care crisis.
The Aged Care Royal Commission’s interim report detailing the crisis in aged care was titled ‘Neglect’.
It called for urgent action more than a year ago but there are still 100,000 older Australians waiting for home care.
How can anyone trust the Morrison Government to deliver on the final recommendations of the Royal Commission when it hasn’t fixed this?
Day after day, evidence mounts of serious neglect in aged care. But all we see from the Morrison Government is excuses and smoke and mirrors.
Scott Morrison needs to accept responsibility for this waitlist and fix it.
Neglect. That’s the legacy of this Government when it comes to aged care.
Australians deserve better.