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“I’ve watched aged care navigate Royal Commission, funding reforms, workforce shortages and global pandemic but this feels different. This may prove to be point where the sector realises the old maths and the old business plans no longer work. And withdraw their services. Understandably.” #auspol

“Boards are already making decisions. Operators are saying we don’t want to play in this game. Last week Anglicare exited community home care. This week, Royal Freemasons Victoria announced the sale of its home care business to Regis. I don’t expect they’ll be last.” #auspol @johnmenadue.com

Looks that way.

“If utilisation remains at 75%, around $2 billion of the circa $8 billion allocated annually to Support at Home isn’t being converted into care. Also policy mission failure.” #auspol

“The challenge: StewartBrown report shows, package utilisation has fallen from around 90% to 75% in just 5 months, thanks to new government co-contribution policy. The average older Australian is now receiving just 4 hours of direct home care each week.This must be policy mission failure.” #auspol

“Demand for aged care has never been stronger. As Sam Rae and Mark Butler note at every single press conference, around 90,000 Australians will celebrate their 80th birthday this year.” #auspol

Well all you can hope for is John Howard and all the facilitators of care for profit, spend their last days enjoying the care provided by their preferred system!

Re-nationalising essential services killed by profiteers will be a real battle. Sadly, it's going to take a lot more Aussies on skid row before it can even start. Some sort of honest or competent governance and public service leadership too... All while the climate crisis is getting started.

“Support at Home providers over 5 mths increased prices 38% but operating profit sank from 4.5% to 0.6%. On $8 billion annual Support at Home revenue, this equates to $3.3billion over 5 months but only $20 million profit for 800 operators, or $25,000 each. All that work supporting 364,000 people.”

So where are the price rises coming from?

Thanks. Just declined level 2. Better off for services on CHSP. Numbers of my friends doing same.