People interviewed say the packages - which provide a finite amount of money to be used on everything from social outings, to help with cooking, to a person who showers and toilets you - are, for some, a “godsend”.
Researcher Dr Sarah Russell, who wrote the report for Mr Wyatt, said stories like Mr Roxburgh's were emblematic of an emerging crisis.“If you an old person on your own, with no family to help you, I seriously can't understand how you could manage these packages, particularly when someone is taking 50 per cent of the total funding in fees,” Dr Russell said.
he was "concerned with the practice of some providers charging high levels of case management and administration costs," and expected these to be kept to a minimum. Providers were soon to be required to put pricing information online, he said.The home care system underwent a radical change two years ago and became, in the words of the Federal government, “market-based” and “consumer driven”. The elderly person now chooses their provider and, in theory, directs their own care.
NSW consultant Danielle Robertson has had about 33 years of experience in the sector, and even she struggled with the system. But that was before Meneghetti’s early-onset dementia took hold. She now has a Level 4 home care package, with Henderson as her primary supporter.
Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)
commoditization of the aged care sector replicates that of Vocational Education as an unmitigated disaster costing taxpayers billions, making the carpetbaggers wealthy and providing zero benefit. Govt has failed miserably in basic provision of education, health & aged care
My mums care provider just charged a $500 exit fee. Mum moved into care so no longer needed the package. Fee paid from the package so actually paid by the tax payer. What a rip off. Mum had to move into care as she needed the level 4 package and had already waited over 12 months.
My 95 year old father is on a waiting list for a Level 4 Home Care package. He is profoundly deaf, incontinent and has oesophagal cancer. He’s a WW11 veteran. Why are we waiting
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