Smaller aged care operators are pleading for a funding boost in the upcoming mid-year budget outlook, saying they're facing collapse without more cash.
Cash-strapped aged care operators are warning they face collapse if they don't receive a funding boost from the government.
A coalition of aged care charities, including Uniting Care Australia, are calling on the government to put more money into building the aged care workforce.They also want more home care package funding, with Australians facing a 120,000-person waitlist. Aged Care Deloraine chief executive Charlie Emmerton said his Tasmanian home runs on a shoestring, putting enormous pressure on his staff."The big players will not come to the bush, there's no money in it."He said he knew there was likely to be more response from the government at the end of the Aged Care Royal Commission but the sector couldn't wait.
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