PM must address 'chronically underfunded, catastrophic aged care system' by Sky News Australia on YouTube
PM must address 'chronically underfunded, catastrophic aged care system'
Labor MP Richard Marles has called on the Prime Minister to urgently address the “chronically underfunded” aged care system which has been hit hardest by the killer coronavirus crisis. Mr Marles said there were currently 683 people infected with the coronavirus across 61 aged care facilities in Victoria and it was “a catastrophe, a system in crisis, and a matter of heartbreak for families having to farewell loved ones”. He said the system suffered long before the coronavirus pandemic and the government was neglecting the situation. “This is a system which has had problems which have been endemic for a long time,” he said. “This is a system which has been chronically underfunded by the Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison Coalition government. “This is a fractured system which is letting down the most vulnerable Australians.” As a first point of action, Mr Marles said the government needed to facilitate proper communication with the families of aged care residents. He said the government needed to open lines of communication with the facilities themselves “so they can implement programs such as not allowing people to work in two aged care facilities at once”. “It’s critically important that today we hear from Scott Morrison about what he is going to do to stop this unfolding crisis from wreaking the havoc that we so greatly fear,” he said. Image: News Corp Australia
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Labor MP Richard Marles has called on the Prime Minister to urgently address the “chronically underfunded” aged care system which has been hit hardest by the killer coronavirus crisis. Mr Marles said there were currently 683 people infected with the coronavirus across 61 aged care facilities in Victoria and it was “a catastrophe, a system in crisis, and a matter of heartbreak for families having to farewell loved ones”. He said the system suffered long before the coronavirus pandemic and the government was neglecting the situation. “This is a system which has had problems which have been endemic for a long time,” he said. “This is a system which has been chronically underfunded by the Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison Coalition government. “This is a fractured system which is letting down the most vulnerable Australians.” As a first point of action, Mr Marles said the government needed to facilitate proper communication with the families of aged care residents. He said the government needed to open lines of communication with the facilities themselves “so they can implement programs such as not allowing people to work in two aged care facilities at once”. “It’s critically important that today we hear from Scott Morrison about what he is going to do to stop this unfolding crisis from wreaking the havoc that we so greatly fear,” he said. Image: News Corp Australia
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