The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key priorities
- Written by Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
Australia’s aged care system has produced a litany of failures: unpalatable food, poor care, neglect, abuse and, most recently, the tragedies of the pandemic.
This should not come as a surprise. Poor regulation has taken the “nursing” out of “nursing homes” and allowed care funding to leach into provider profits. Older...





