Aged care sector calls for more home care places

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Fri 7th June, 2024, Declan Gooch, ABC Australia

Aged care sector calls for more home care places
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/worldtoday/aged-care-sector-calls-for-more-home-care-places-/103951382

A Senate estimates hearing has revealed the waiting list for a home care package has doubled to almost 70,000, and the average wait time is between nine and 12 months.

Richard Lancaster, Brisbane resident
Patricia Sparrow, COTA (Council on the Ageing)
Tom Symondson, ACCPA (Aged and Community Care Providers Association)

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