Columbia Aged Care

Several state politicians are making a stand, demanding that Kevin Rudd commit additional funding to aged care. There is an evident need for greater numbers of beds for elederly people requiring aged care services.

The DPS Guide to Aged Care has written an article talking about the views of State Premiers and Greens Senator, Rachel Siewert, on the Federal health reforms and how they could impact on aged care...

The states should not accept the Prime Minister’s health reform plan until the Federal Government can demonstrate how it will fix the aged care crisis, according to Greens Senator, Rachel Siewert.

The Senator said there is a serious crisis in aged care which has not been addressed by the Commonwealth health plan.

“Our current aged care system is dysfunctional and without urgently needed reform it will be unable to meet the growing demand for aged care services and support,” said Senator Siewert.

“There are growing numbers of elderly people in hospital acute care beds because they cannot find residential aged care or cannot access the care and support they need to return home.”

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