The new Aged Care Act came into effect over the weekend, willfully ignoring the Royal Commission’s most important recommendation: a levy to fairly fund care. Labor avoided it to dodge political backlash from younger voters, but that is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Two weeks after the new Aged Care Act took effect, seniors are asking: what rights have actually improved? The answer is almost none, while new co-payments and soaring fees are forcing families into financial hardship.
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Daughter, Carolyn Teusner, has written an open letter to Aged Care Minister Sam Rae describing how her mother’s Level 4 home care package has soared in cost overnight. She says that the new system deepens inequity between older Australians.
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With package management fees removed, some home care providers are scrambling to recover revenue by offering sign-up rewards. The real cost, says Sophie Morell, may be paid by older Australians who lose essential support time.
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#WisdomWednesday
Wisdom Wednesday is about celebrating the experience and wisdom of our elders across the globe through storytelling. It's through these stories that we attempt to elevate their often unspoken worth and value of age unwittingly lost to peers and future generations.
Do you have an elders story to share or are you an elder yourself that would like to be interviewed? Help us celebrate the lives of older Australians through Wisdom Wednesday, a weekly segment posted every Wednesday.
Our older generation are by definition the most experienced members of our community, but as they age and transition into more passive, physically constrained roles in society, their importance often dwindles, particularly so as they enter long-term care.
