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Australians wait 12 months for aged care – and the latest budget funding is unlikely to change that
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Australian aged care waiting times have reached a national average of 12 months, with a federal government report confirming this as typical rather than exceptional. Recent budget funding is unlikely to significantly improve these delays despite Australia's rapidly aging population.
Australians wait 12 months for aged care – and the latest budget funding is unlikely to change that
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Imagine your elderly mother needs help to get out of bed, shower and manage her medications – and then waiting more than a year for that support to arrive.
According to a federal government report released this week, that is no longer a worst-case scenario. It is now the national average.
Australia, like many developed countries, is ageing rapidly. By 2063, about one in five Australians will be older than 65. And the number of people aged over 85 is expected to more than triple in t
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