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The amount of funding per bed per day has been in steady decline as more people enter aged care facilities with higher levels of need and costs increase.
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Aged care advocates and providers have welcomed the release of the aged care royal commission s damning final report on the sector after a two-and-a-half-year federal inquiry, but worry that the report s 148 recommendations may not be effective without adequate accountability at the department level.
The Morrison Government on Monday announced it will spend $452 million to fix Australia’s aged care system in response to the report. The first recommendation is the creation of a new aged care act, coming into force no later than July 2023, to ensure older Australians receive high-quality support and care.
Other recommendations include new laws to protect the rights of elderly Australians and increased regulator powers.