Thousands of elderly people have to endure years on waiting lists for urgent home support, and despite a recent injection of funding by the Morrison government, the queue to get support has left many families feeling desperate. #abc730
Christine Radke cares for her 95-year-old father Herbert around the clock every day. His health is deteriorating, which is making day-to-day life harder. #abc730
"There continues to be an increased demand from senior Australians who want to stay at home, but we have for the first time, over the last 18 months, seen that waiting list come down. And that is due to the additional investment." – @richardmcolbeck #abc730
“The problem with home care, it's broken in so many ways. It's broken in the sense that we don't have enough places. It's broken in the very design, it's broken in the fact that it doesn't the consumers don't have enough information.” – Dr Stephen Duckett #abc730
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