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– “Elderly care abandoned after council quits service” – is horrifying. Private provider mecwacare took over Boroondara City Council’s domestic assistance, personal care, respite care, meal preparation and property maintenance last Monday and the council’s 60 aged care staff were made redundant. However, mecwacare has now told elderly residents that care services will not be available for “some weeks” due to staff shortages.
Several months on, I have heard, anecdotally, of a couple who were found dead in their home, and of people being neither showered nor dressed. Our homes are increasingly dirty and beds are not being changed. Many residents have not had their shopping done. A previously adequate system was destroyed and nothing has been put in its place. I dread to think what is happening for clients who are isolated and unmonitored, and who are not able to access food and basic hygiene.
Typically my friend’s concern is for those residents who require personal care and who have not received it for a fortnight.Why wasn’t there a transition program, run by experienced carers before the new system was implemented by the council? Solutions could include inviting philanthropic donations towards more public housing, using small infill sites on public land, and creating more public housing on these old housing sites.The Andrews government’s privatisation of public housing, in particular a prime site in Northcote, shows that developers’ profits come first.
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