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The government is not on track to get every younger person out of aged care by next year. What now?

  • Written by: Di Winkler, Adjunct Associate Professor, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University

Lisa lives with multiple sclerosis. She used to live in aged care after being admitted there in her late 40s.

It isn’t living, it is existing. You are told what to do […] when to go to bed, what to eat, that isn’t life. It affects the person that I am.

Aged care is set up to support older people in their final years. It...

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