Home care crisis will force elderly into nursing homes

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Updated August 24 2018 - 1:45pm, first published 1:44pm
CRISIS: Older Australians may be forced into nursing homes as the number of people waiting for home care continues to rise.
CRISIS: Older Australians may be forced into nursing homes as the number of people waiting for home care continues to rise.

OLDER Australians will increasingly be forced out of home and into residential aged care if the government doesn’t increase funding and numbers of Home Care Packages (HCPs) seniors groups have warned. 

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Eileen Wood

Senior Journalist

I'm a senior news journalist at The Senior newspaper, the leading publication bringing targeted news on issues affecting older Australians. We cover NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, SA and WA. If you have a story idea I would love to hear it. You can email me: eileen.wood@thesenior.com.au or phone The Senior 02-4355-5000, mob. 0487 495 805

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