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• Aged care homes accused of ‘short-changing’ Australians as nearly two-thirds fail to meet care-minute targets

  16-07-2024 17:00
  
  Study finds providers making profits off government funding despite falling short on mandatory care targetsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAged care homes should not be “short-changing” older people by making profits off government funding while falling short of mandatory care targets, advocates say, as pressure grows on the federal government to introduce the new Aged Care Act to parliament after repeated delays.Recent analysis from the Agein
  
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• Hospital discharges limiting home care in England, councils say

  16-07-2024 07:00
  
  Authorities say attempts to clear NHS backlogs sucking up scant funds at expense of preventive careVulnerable people face being denied basic preventive social care at home due to a wave of rapid discharges from hospitals that is sucking up resources, council bosses have warned.Despite cross-party support for more early care at home, town hall officials are having to allocate resources to people with more complex needs, many discharged from hospital early as part of attempts to clear NHS backlogs
  
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• Fifth of UK hospices cutting services amid funding crisis, finds report

  16-07-2024 06:00
  Sector says ‘too many people dying in avoidable pain’, with soaring numbers being pushed back into the NHSOne in five hospices in the UK are cutting services amid the worst funding crisis in two decades, a report has warned, with soaring numbers of patients being pushed back into the NHS.Research by Hospice UK found “small and wildly varying” state funding had failed to keep pace with growing demand and rising running costs. Continue reading...
  
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