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"You don’t have to look to far to find examples of poor quality residential
aged care. Most recently, residents have too often been un-vaccinated,
frightened, isolated, and have died alone in aged care facilities during the
pandemic.
It’s tempting to see poor quality as simply the result of extreme circumstances
or bad actors behaving incompetently or unscrupulously.
But these problems existed well before COVID. As the Royal Commission into Aged
Care Quality and Safety found, they’re built into the system.
Unlike other sectors, such as disability and mental health, Australia doesn’t
have a clearly defined, rights-based framework of outcomes for older people
when they need care.
Instead, the emphasis has been on managing costs. This has been a particular
problem for residential aged care. As a result, Australian residential care has
become more privatised and marketised over the past 25 years.
So how has that affected the quality of care? And what can governments do to
address this issue?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
