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Zac de Silva

Report calls for an end to rationing of home care spots

A Senate panel has handed down 11 recommendations to improve the delivery of aged care. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Caps on the number of home care packages should be scrapped so older Australians do not have to wait for someone else to die so they can access a spot, a parliamentary inquiry recommends.

Before major changes to the nation's aged care system that come in from November, a Senate committee has investigated issues around the delivery of care.

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