Vietnam veteran says negotiating the aged care system is worse than war and PTSD

Thank you for your coverage of aged care and one of my favourite ladies, Jackie French. I suspect your article will produce many letters like mine.

My wife and I are in our 80s and have been together, through thick and thin I must acknowledge, for 60 years. Despite a year being shot at in Vietnam, the worst period of our lives together has been the last two years engaging with aged care and providers. Yes, worse than a war.

Aged Care Minister Mark Butler has failed to deliver on much of what the Albanese government has promised over the last four years. Picture by Phillip Biggs