Australian aged care homes need $621m more a year to reach 'basic standards'

An extra $621m per year is needed to lift all aged care homes in Australia up to “basic standards”, according to research conducted for the aged care royal commission.

The research found “there’s not a lot of fat to trim” in a system already “constrained by funding”, and singled out for-profit aged care facilities as being the least likely in the sector to provide the best quality of care to older Australians.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/27/australian-aged-care-homes-found-to-require-621m-more-a-year-to-reach-basic-standards