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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Melissa Davey Medical editor

At the algorithm’s mercy: Jean may have to leave her SA home as ‘outrageous’ tool cuts aged care support

A woman in a wheelchair at her home
‘I love my little place and I don’t want to go’: Jean Mathew at her home in Gilles Plains in Adelaide. Photograph: Sia Duff/The Guardian

“I want to stay at home with my roses.”

They’re the flowers Jean Mathew’s husband surprised her with before he died more than 25 years ago, and they’ve spread throughout her garden ever since. Her home is full of memories, but the roaming cream rose bush is part of why she wants to stay.

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