SCOTT MORRISON’S AGED CARE CRISIS

Julie Collins MP.
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5 years ago
SCOTT MORRISON’S AGED CARE CRISIS
Julie Collins MP
Dire new figures have exposed the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government’s complete mismanagement of Australia’s aged care system after years of cuts and inaction.
 
The Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services confirms the disastrous impact of Scott Morrison’s $1.2 billion cut to aged care:
  • Wait times for home care packages have blown out by more than two months.
  • There is a black and white funding cut per person for older Australians living in residential aged care.
While Morrison has desperately tried to run away from his cuts to aged care after announcing a Royal Commission, this report underscores exactly why a Commission was needed in the first place.
 
It clearly spells out the real cut in funding for older Australians living in residential aged care which has led to a system in crisis.
 
This confirms what Labor has been saying for some time.
 
When Bill Shorten said the aged care system was in crisis in the Parliament in May 2018, the Government irresponsibility likened it to committing elder abuse.
 
Scott Morrison must take responsibility after years of cuts.
 
The waiting list for home care has grown to 127,000 older Australians, with many waiting more than a year to receive the care they have been approved for.
 
As the home care waitlist kept growing, Scott Morrison and the Liberals did nothing. They have been too distracted by dysfunction and division.
 
This is not good enough. Older Australians and their loved ones deserve better.
 
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