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Aged care’s Inspector-General, Natalie Siegel-Brown, has reiterated concerns about the structure and implementation of the Support at Home program.
The unpredictability of in-home service costs, and growing unaffordability is impacting seniors across the country. Reform is needed to overhaul pricing models and program structure to safeguard dignity for seniors, and sustainability of health and aged care sectors.
As strains on health and aged care capacity worsen, short-sighted policy surrounding Support at Home pricing to speed up damage for individuals and critical sectors.
As Australia’s Support at Home program edges closer, smaller home care providers fear being left behind. Prestige Inhome Care CEO Nick McDonald warns of affordability challenges, rising admin costs and the risk of an underground care market if consumers can’t keep up.
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