Flaws in aged-care reform laid bare by $1800 crutches

Flaws in aged-care reform laid bare by $1800 crutches

Aged-care reforms are failing to rein in costs and are puting at risk elderly Australians' right to die with dignity, the sector's inspector-general says.

Labor’s reforms harm the people they’re supposed to help: aged care watchdog

The outgoing aged care watchdog said user co-payments and long wait times for home care packages were driving people into nursing homes and costing taxpayers.

The shocking $1800 bill for a pair of crutches in aged care fail

Outgoing Aged Care Inspector-General Natalie Siegel-Brown says the complex system is causing genuine harm, with hardship applications spiking by 88 per cent.

Watchdog says reforms harm the people they’re supposed to help

Australia’s outgoing aged care watchdog has warned the rollout of Labor’s new system is harming older people and deterring them from getting care at home. Source: The Age.