While certain aged-care providers will doubtlessly be found guilty of terrible failures, the system that allowed them to let older Australians die due to neglect of standards must also be addressed. It now needs to radically and fundamentally change.
As a matter of basic human and legal rights COTA believes that every resident of every aged care home has the right to transfer to hospital if they need it and that is their preference.
A Federal Government funding injection of $205 million for residential aged care providers has been welcomed by Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia as a sensible supplement to help providers cope with the additional demands arising from the COVID-19 crisis.
Today’s announcement that the Federal Government will drop the deeming rate and provide new payments to people on income support, as well as time limited measures to support self-funded retirees, will come as welcome news for older Australians, older Australians peak body Council on the Ageing (COTA