Tragic reality: Too late to save current aged care residents

The recommendations of the Aged Care Commission final report must be implemented with “focus and urgency” to prevent abuse and neglect for continuing through another generation of vulnerable aged care residents, according to QUT associate professor and advocate Sarah Holland-Batt.“The timeline for this report, in terms of rolling out the recommendations, is five years, but we know that the average time people spend in aged care is only 2.5 years,” she said.“It is unacceptable that there are…



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