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No aged care place, but can't go home: How Lynette became homeless in hospital

Health officials say 100 to 150 patients are stranded daily as older people wait for dementia-specific or government-funded aged-care beds.

Summary by The Courier
Lynette Bishop, 84, is "stranded" in Wollongong Hospital due to an aged care bed shortage. Her family details the devastating toll on her health and their distress.

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illawarramercury.com.au broke the news in on Sunday, April 12, 2026.
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