Anglicare Australia has launched a report showing that older Australians are spending months without support while they wait for care at home.
Some are being pushed into residential aged care and even hospital as their health worsens.
Life on the Wait List surveys aged care providers and finds that:
There is surging demand for care at home, especially for domestic assistance and equipment.
None of the aged care providers surveyed could meet demand for home support in their communities.
Funding constraints were the biggest barrier to meeting demand.
“Our findings show that the Government’s funding boost for care at home can’t come soon enough,” said Anglicare Australia’s Acting Executive Director Maiy Azize.
“The wait list for care has ballooned to 68,000, double what it was just one year ago. People are facing excruciating waits to get the care they’re entitled to – time they simply don’t have.
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