AQ: Australian Quarterly

Old and Broken: What comes next for Aged Care?

- MARIA INACIO, SARAH BRAY, GILLIAN CAUGHEY, STEVE WESSELINGH

Few things hit closer to home than the best way to care for our ageing population. 1.3 million Australian­s access aged care services each year, which means that millions of others are indirectly affected by the care that these services provide to ageing parents, family members or loved ones. The Royal Commission has laid bare the shocking state of the system, yet is complicate­d by disagreeme­nts between the Commission­ers on how to fix it. Yet what do we risk losing if we miss this historic opportunit­y for reform?

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