Aged care report released – as it happened
by Henry Belot and Emily Wind (earlier) from World news | The Guardian on (#6K8W7)
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Catholic Health Australia backs calls for wealthier Australians to contribute more to aged care
Catholic Health Australia has called on the government to swiftly implement the recommendations of the aged care taskforce, announced today.
As our population ages and more people seek aged care, services will need additional funding to upgrade existing facilities and invest in new places.
The fairest way to deliver extra funding is to ask people who can afford it to contribute more for their accommodation and living expenses, costs they have covered over their adult lives.
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