Partners in Care should be classed as essential visitors say peak aged care and consumer bodies

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Updated August 23 2021 - 11:03am, first published 12:00pm
Elderly people in aged care suffer badly during lockdowns.
Elderly people in aged care suffer badly during lockdowns.

Partners in Care - people who go in every day to support loved ones living in residential aged care - should be listed as essential care visitors, according to aged care and consumer peak bodies.

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Eileen Wood

Senior Journalist

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