If the Commonwealth's central response to the Aged Care Royal Commission is $10bn to the sector over the next five years, the RC has been for nought.
Giving providers billions without increased regulation and transparency will fix nothing. #auspol smh.com.au/politics/feder…
Giving providers billions without increased regulation and transparency will fix nothing. #auspol smh.com.au/politics/feder…
The Commonwealth's response to the aged care crisis over many years has been to roll out successive "funding boosts."
The sector needs a complete overhaul, not a $10bn payday. Where is the federal government's commitment to a new Aged Care Act? #auspol #agedcarerc
The sector needs a complete overhaul, not a $10bn payday. Where is the federal government's commitment to a new Aged Care Act? #auspol #agedcarerc
It's been two months since the #agedcarerc's final report.
The totality of the Morrison govt's response to the report has been an initial announcement of a circa $452m "funding boost," and now this leaked preview of the budget, with a further $10bn "funding boost". #auspol
The totality of the Morrison govt's response to the report has been an initial announcement of a circa $452m "funding boost," and now this leaked preview of the budget, with a further $10bn "funding boost". #auspol
Enough with the "funding boosts."
Where is the response to the #agedcarerc recommendations of:
- A new Aged Care Act
- Staffing minimums
- Overhaul of the regulator
- minimum training requirements
- regulation of personal care workers
- requirement of RN on site #auspol
Where is the response to the #agedcarerc recommendations of:
- A new Aged Care Act
- Staffing minimums
- Overhaul of the regulator
- minimum training requirements
- regulation of personal care workers
- requirement of RN on site #auspol
A reminder of the state of aged care:
- only 1.3% of Australian aged care providers have staffing levels that are considered "best practice"
- an estimated 7 out of 10 residents are malnourished
- an estimated 50 sexual assaults take place in aged care each week #auspol
- only 1.3% of Australian aged care providers have staffing levels that are considered "best practice"
- an estimated 7 out of 10 residents are malnourished
- an estimated 50 sexual assaults take place in aged care each week #auspol
For the older people living in aged care today, the announcement of a "funding boost" means absolutely nothing.
What older people in care desperately need is STAFF - in adequate numbers, adequately trained - who are available to help them when they need it. #auspol #agedcarerc
What older people in care desperately need is STAFF - in adequate numbers, adequately trained - who are available to help them when they need it. #auspol #agedcarerc
Presently, aged care providers do not have to demonstrate that taxpayer funding is spent on care - and often, it isn't. It's kept as profit.
If Morrison's $10bn does not come with a proviso that the money MUST be spent on care, we may as well throw it down the drain. #auspol
If Morrison's $10bn does not come with a proviso that the money MUST be spent on care, we may as well throw it down the drain. #auspol
And while the Morrison government no doubt hopes that the figure of $10bn over 5 years sounds impressive, it really isn't. The Grattan Institute estimates that $7bn per year is needed to deliver world class care to older Australians. #auspol #agedcarerc
grattan.edu.au/report/reformi…
grattan.edu.au/report/reformi…
But the major issue here is that the sum total of the Morrison government’s response is a budgetary one.
Where is its response to the RC’s proposed fundamental overhaul of the aged care system? When can we expect to see its substantive policy response? #auspol #agedcarerc
Where is its response to the RC’s proposed fundamental overhaul of the aged care system? When can we expect to see its substantive policy response? #auspol #agedcarerc
Why have a RC if the main response at the end of it is a budgetary one?
Aged care is besieged with endemic problems - understaffing, care failures, neglect, abuse, chemical and physical restraint, under-regulation, profiteering - which will not be solved by money alone #auspol
Aged care is besieged with endemic problems - understaffing, care failures, neglect, abuse, chemical and physical restraint, under-regulation, profiteering - which will not be solved by money alone #auspol
To address the aged care crisis, we need actual leadership from our “leaders”.
An acknowledgment that the system in its current form is an abject failure.
Commitment to complete overhaul and reform.
If Morrison doesn’t have the appetite for that, then why call the RC? #auspol
An acknowledgment that the system in its current form is an abject failure.
Commitment to complete overhaul and reform.
If Morrison doesn’t have the appetite for that, then why call the RC? #auspol
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