A support group for young people who live in nursing homes has called on the Federal Government to bring departments together to get young people out of the aged care sector.
A Senate inquiry into young people in nursing homes has held a hearing in Melbourne and is due to report in June.
Di Winkler of the Summer Foundation said there were about 6,000 young people living in Australian nursing homes, partly because government agencies are not working together.
“What we’re asking for is we need solutions that involve health, housing, and aged care, not just disability,” she said.
