'Lifeline' aged care respite facility likely to shut despite federal funding promise

'Lifeline' aged care respite facility likely to shut despite federal funding promise

For Deb Stevens Burrangiri aged care respite facility in Canberra's south was a "lifeline" as her mother's dementia progressed, but the ACT's Health Minister says it's unlikely the facility will be the recipient of a promised $10 million federal funding boost should an Albanese government be re-elected.