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Neglect: Interim Report

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Thursday 31st October, 2019
The Interim Report has found the aged care system fails to meet the needs of its older, vulnerable, citizens. It does not deliver uniformly safe and quality care, is unkind
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The Aged Care Royal Commission is an opportunity to permanently eliminate the need for young people to enter residential aged care

Luke Bo'sher
Pro Bono News
Tuesday 10th September, 2019
Ahead of giving evidence at the Aged Care Royal Commission hearings in Melbourne this week, Luke Bo’sher outlines his key arguments around why young people end up in aged care
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Background paper: changing demographics and dynamics of aged care

Dr David Cullen
Royal Commission into Aged Care quality and Safety
Wednesday 1st May, 2019
The background paper puts Australia’s ageing population under the microscope. It explores complex issues associated with the country’s changing demographic profile, including changes in patterns of disease and dependency, the
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More help required for older Australians with disability accessing My Aged Care

Nicole Pope
Aged Care Guide
Wednesday 20th March, 2019
Ms Dowling is calling on the Commission to establish a thorough review into the engagement of older Australians with disability who are already accessing My Aged Care and those on
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To get young people out of nursing homes, we need to back up the NDIS with housing – here’s how

Di Winkler and Luke Bo'sher
The Conversation
Tuesday 3rd May, 2016

Young people with disability living in nursing homes are one of the most marginalised and isolated groups of people in our society. More than half of them, 53%, receive a…

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Care Sector to Soak up 24,000 More Workers

Rick Morton
The Australian
Wednesday 29th May, 2013

The disability and aged-care workforce, already one of the fastest-growing in Australia, will need to expand by a fifth in the next four years as major Labor reforms worth billions…

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