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Thousands die waiting for funds in already approved homecare packages – ABC News
Few elderly people want to go into a nursing home but there are 100,000 on the homecare waitlist, and those who do get funding are charged thousands in fees.
Evelyn Micallef is 93, has dementia and can no longer walk.
Key points:
- Despite a waiting list of more than 100,000, the Government has released just over half of the additional packages promised
- The ABC has found some homecare providers are taking a third and more of care packages in fees
- Department of Health figures show almost 30,000 people died in the past two years while waiting for a homecare package.
Her daughter Ann Innis and Ann’s husband Steve use a…
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