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Royal commission proves we need a new Aged Care Act
By Sarah Russell
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Two years ago, the Prime Minister announced a royal commission into aged care. This announcement came on the eve of ABC
Four Corners’ two-part investigation into the failings in aged care. “Government by media” had replaced careful consideration of the evidence.
Before jumping into another expensive royal commission, it would have been prudent for Scott Morrison to review the evidence from the numerous inquiries that both Coalition and Labor governments had initiated over the past two decades. Submissions to these inquiries provided evidence of inadequate personal care, negligence, neglect, abuse and assault in aged care homes.
âItâs a facility not a homeâ: What will it take to reform aged care?
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Itâs past midday, but Merle Mitchellâs breakfast dishes were still on her table when staff at her Melbourne aged care facility brought in her lunch.
âI wouldnât say this place is a bad place, unlike lots of places,â she says.
Merle Mitchell.
Credit:Jason South
Her facility did not experience the catastrophic outbreaks of COVID-19 experienced in other homes last year, but staffing levels mean thereâs one nurse at night to 79 residents.
âItâs still a facility, itâs still not a home, and it never will be while we have the current arrangements for how we run these places.â
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Bankrupt chicken farmers banned for cruelty running aged care homes
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Two brothers banned from the poultry industry for a total of 17 years after starving more than a million chickens were involved in the acquisition of two aged care homes in Melbourne, despite being bankrupt at the time and having no experience.
Gerry and Chris Apostolatos used aliases, dummy directors and a family trust to conceal their roles with Chronos Care, which owns aged care facilities in Alphington and Mount Eliza, and has received millions of dollars in Commonwealth funding.