3 years ago
MORRISON GOVERNMENT DELIVERS JUST 300 MORE HOME CARE PACKAGES
Julie Collins MP
New evidence has revealed the Morrison Government will deliver just 300 ‘new’ home care packages by 2024 despite a series of announcements promising tens of thousands more.
Documents tendered at the Aged Care Royal Commission show that hundreds of millions of dollars in funding promised for thousands of packages will result in just 300 additional packages by 2024.
Scott Morrison and his failed Minister for Aged Care promised older Australians a lot but are failing to deliver. Morrison is always there for the photo op but never the follow up.
There are still more than 103,000 older Australians waiting for home care.
Almost 30,000 older Australians died waiting for care in just two years and more than 30,000 went into aged care homes prematurely.
COVID-19 will only accelerate the number of older Australians wanting to receive aged care at home, but in return the Morrison Government has offered them just 300 ‘new’ packages.
This is exactly why Labor’s 8-point plan for aged care called on the Government to properly fix the home care crisis.
The upcoming Budget is an opportunity to not just offer more announcements, but genuine action for older Australians waiting for care.
Day after day the evidence mounts of serious neglect in aged care and every day all we see from the Morrison Government is running away, passing the buck and not accepting responsibility for its own failures.
Neglect. That’s the legacy of this Government when it comes to aged care.
Australians deserve better on aged care– they deserve honesty.
Documents tendered at the Aged Care Royal Commission show that hundreds of millions of dollars in funding promised for thousands of packages will result in just 300 additional packages by 2024.
Scott Morrison and his failed Minister for Aged Care promised older Australians a lot but are failing to deliver. Morrison is always there for the photo op but never the follow up.
There are still more than 103,000 older Australians waiting for home care.
Almost 30,000 older Australians died waiting for care in just two years and more than 30,000 went into aged care homes prematurely.
COVID-19 will only accelerate the number of older Australians wanting to receive aged care at home, but in return the Morrison Government has offered them just 300 ‘new’ packages.
This is exactly why Labor’s 8-point plan for aged care called on the Government to properly fix the home care crisis.
The upcoming Budget is an opportunity to not just offer more announcements, but genuine action for older Australians waiting for care.
Day after day the evidence mounts of serious neglect in aged care and every day all we see from the Morrison Government is running away, passing the buck and not accepting responsibility for its own failures.
Neglect. That’s the legacy of this Government when it comes to aged care.
Australians deserve better on aged care– they deserve honesty.