Regional aged care residents are still struggling to be seen by doctors more than a year after the issue of GP access was highlighted in the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report.
Accessing a doctor can be a difficult task for aged care residents due to the reluctance of many GPs to provide services at facilities.A doctor says many GPs sacrifice their time to service aged care residentsThe issue was highlighted in thereleased more than a year ago and the problem has persisted.
Elizabeth Dodd is one of two doctors in Griffith who completely dedicate their time to servicing 250 aged care patients."There was someone who hadn't had a visit at all from the doctor for over nine months," Dr Dodd said.Elizabeth Dodd completely dedicates her time to servicing residential aged care.Wagga Wagga resident Alison Hetherington said her dad Morris, who was a war veteran and had dementia, was only seen by a doctor once in the six weeks before he died earlier this year.
Alison Hetherington says her father was only seen by a doctor once in the six weeks prior to his death.It is a city of roughly 70,000 people and Dr Culbert said many families there struggled to get GPs for relatives in aged care.
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