Study finds providers making profits off government funding despite falling short on mandatory care targets
The Ageing Research Collaborative based their findings on homes that turned a profit in the first half of the 2023-2024 financial year.The Ageing Research Collaborative based their findings on homes that turned a profit in the first half of the 2023-2024 financial year.
63.9% of residential aged care centres turning a profit were doing so by essentially pocketing the federal government’s direct care subsidy, instead of providing enough staff to meet care requirements. “Those care minutes absolutely make a difference in older people and older residents’ lives,” Gear said. “Providers should not be short-changing older people of the care minutes they need. It’s really important that we have a financially viable aged care system, but that means that profits need to be appropriate. There needs to be transparency about where the money is going. And there needs to be accountability for that.
Senator Penny Allman-Payne, the Greens’ spokesperson for older people, said the only driver for providers should be giving high-quality and affordable care to older people.
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