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What happens when someone is assessed as needing more care, but the funding isn’t there to provide it? Uniting NSW.ACT says the current gap is putting pressure on older people, providers and the wider aged care system.
A survey of older Australians has highlighted growing frustration with Support at Home, revealing challenges around waiting times, complexity, provider availability and out-of-pocket costs.
Outgoing Inspector-General Natalie Siegel-Brown tells a Senate inquiry that Support at Home’s assessment algorithm, means-testing design and co-payment structure are driving older Australians into costlier residential care. And warns the budget isn’t the problem – the administration is.
The top home care package funds 20 hours a week. Advanced dementia needs round-the-clock supervision. What happens in the remaining 148 hours? Rosie Fitzgerald can tell you.
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