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Unpacking the aged care algorithm: How the system is weighted against those who need it most

Professor Kathy Eagar spent months pulling apart the code behind the Support at Home algorithm. Last night, she told the Senate inquiry exactly what she found: only 23 of 622 questions decide your funding, while dementia, mental illness and elder abuse barely factor in at all. Here's exactly how the whole system works. Read More

Community-built nursing home faces takeover as locals question loss of control

A Queensland community is up in arms over a proposed deal that would hand its locally built nursing home to a national aged care provider. Locals say the facility was built through community donations and fundraising, and are questioning what will happen to its millions in assets. Read More

Revealed: The funding trick behind Labor’s “shrinking” aged care waitlist

The sudden, celebrated drop in the waitlist after the "once in a generation" reforms took effect wasn't the result of people getting care faster. It was largely the result of a change to what counts as "waiting" at all. Read More
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