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Let's heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disability care

  • Written by Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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In Victoria there are nearly 80 active COVID-19 cases linked to more than 50 disability accommodation sites. At least two people have died.

These don’t sound like big numbers in the context of Victoria’s second wave, and particularly when we compare it to the COVID-19 crisis in residential aged care.

But similarities between...

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