More than 6400 seniors died while in home care funding queue in 2025-26

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Last financial year the number passing through the queue surged to 325,000, but the department says the mortality rate has remained stable. Meanwhile 3000 residential aged care beds have been lost to underfunding.


Last financial year the number passing through the queue surged to 325,000, but the department says the mortality rate has remained stable. Meanwhile 3000 residential aged care beds have been lost to underfunding.

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