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Home care package waiting lists slammed as a critical failure as families forced to wait
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FebFebruary 2021 at 6:59pm
Despite a recent increase in funding for home care for the elderly, the queue to get support at home is still leaving many families desperate.
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Christine Radke is tired, and on hard days that fatigue turns to desperation while her elderly father lingers on a waiting list, hoping more help will come.
Key points:
In Australia, there are almost 100,000 elderly people on the waiting list for home care
According to the Productivity Commission, the average wait time for those requiring the highest level of care is 28 months