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Royal commission demands additional staff in aged care immediately
The aged care royal commission has called on the federal government to immediately fund additional staff in aged care facilities, and has criticised the government's lack of a dedicated plan or clear leadership which left families and facilities wondering who was in charge.
On Thursday, the commission made six recommendations, including the establishment of an aged care advisory body and a COVID-19 plan for the sector which would include protocols between state and federal governments to remove confusion.
- Julie Power & Dana McCauley
- The Sydney Morning Herald
All too often, the commissioners said in the report, families, providers…