Younger people living in aged care fear coronavirus spread

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There are about 1,500 young people with disabilities living in aged care in Victoria. With coronavirus spreading through the sector, many now fear for their safety.

"I am considered a high risk with anything like that and I am quite concerned because there is no restriction of people moving around this facility," she said.

She is living in a home that has had three positive cases, including two staff members and one resident.Susie said more should have been done to prevent the spread of the virus."Prior to the [latest] COVID outbreak we had the residents still sitting in the general area eating, not being a metre-and-a-half away," she said."It was piss poor, they weren't spraying the entire area of my room, they missed parts of the floor, they didn't spray under the bed," she said.

"I hate being here, it is not a life and now I am susceptible to contracting an illness that could possibly kill me," she said.The Young People In Nursing Homes National Alliance's Bronwyn Morkham said young people ended up in aged care because the support and services they required had not been available in the community.

"Many of these young people have complex health conditions themselves and they want to be out of the aged care service where they can feel a bit safer in the community," she said. The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services said it was working with the Commonwealth to reduce the risk of the spread of coronavirus in residential aged care facilities.

 

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When I’ve been in aged care homes in the past doing line dancing demos with friends I have been very sad to see younger people living there.

Why is it that young disabled people living in supported living under NDIS never get a mention. The high turnover over agency carers is staggering and a disaster waiting to happen

This is sad. The aged care home situation is absolutely unacceptable.

Are they always from the White European community of Australians as shown?

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