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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

Underfunding and staff shortages are driving aged care sector to ‘untenable standstill’, major provider warns

A major Australian aged care provider pleads for ‘immediate action’ to improve funding.
A major Australian aged care provider pleads for ‘immediate action’ to improve funding. Photograph: Maskot/Getty Images

The head of a major Australian aged care provider has warned workforce shortages and underfunding are exhausting staff and driving the sector into an “untenable standstill”.

The BaptistCare NSW and ACT chief executive, Charles Moore, has issued a plea to whichever party forms government to act immediately to improve aged care funding, warning the current pressures are unsustainable and are hitting vulnerable residents as well as staff.

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