The existing system is failing to deliver the care that Australia expects
Australia's aged care has changed considerably in recent decades. In response to consumer demand, old institutional‐style nursing homes have been progressively phased out in favour of better facilities. Home‐like furnishings and decor and single bedrooms personalised with residents’ own belongings have increasingly become the norm. In the process, they have become residential aged care facilities (RACFs), and there is no longer a distinction between low and high care.1
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The research summarised in this article was funded by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. This funding was paid to the university and not the authors. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety had no role in the research or in the preparation of the manuscript.
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