Rural Australia delivers quality aged care, despite many homes doing it tough
- Written by Michael Woods, Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
pikselstock/ShutterstockAround half of Australian aged care homes are losing money, prompting concerns about their long-term financial viability and the potential for closures – particularly in the country.
Aged care homes in rural and remote areas face many specific challenges. Servicing a dispersed population of older people in need, they...





