Australians wait 12 months for aged care – and the latest budget funding is unlikely to change that
- Written by Sabrina Lenzen, Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics, The University of Queensland
Maskot/GettyImagine your elderly mother needs help to get out of bed, shower and manage her medications – and then waiting more than a year for that support to arrive.
According to a federal government report released this week, that is no longer a worst-case scenario. It is now the national average.
Australia, like many developed countries,...





