Commercial vultures must be booted from the NDIS, aged care and home care

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Those who want to access the support they deserve face a labyrinthine bureaucracy that I struggled to navigate. It must be near impossible for families with limited literacy or language skills. |Opinion by Jon Faine ndis

Quite rightly, we are witnessing widespread fury and frustration over the administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It seems that every second day there is another disclosure over the shortcomings of a system that promised so much but delivers so inconsistently and seems plagued by intractable problems.

Slippage in delivery now means it has become so bureaucratic and unwieldly that it delivers far less than promised and is showing all the hallmarks of the same waste and inefficiency that has been steadily draining morale and personnel from both the NDIS and aged care. A Home Care Package comes in different levels of care ranging from low needs to high needs. Upon being assessed as eligible, the recipient signs up with a registered “provider” which is responsible for delivering services and in turn collects a fee every month. The administration and management fees are entirely separate from what is charged for actually delivering whatever service is needed.

How can it even be arguable that two nonagenarians need a simple working stove to stay in their home? It is self-evident.

 

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Rich developers are making a mockery of the NDIS system. This truly is a disaster. Whatever LNP touches turns to shite.

lindareynoldswa Unfit for any portfolio LNPMassiveFail insiders

I couldn't agree with you more..as soon as profit comes into the picture say goodbye to care and service..it's such a shame that govts handball citizen caring responsibilities to the private sector who's only role is to keep shareholders happy..

Not just NDIS every government scheme is full of them.

And child care in many cases.

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