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Aged care focus needs shift to patient rights, not profit
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Aged care focus needs shift to patient rights, not profit
Wednesday 2 October 2024, 03:05 PM
Older adults with dementia are often removed from the places they know and kept apart from the community [Image: LSOphoto on iStock]
Frances Matthews questions the ‘warehousing’ approach for older adults needing care and suggests an ACC-style scheme might be the answer to funding
We stand on the shoulders of the generations before us and should respect their gifts to us
This year, I made submissions to the health select co
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