New Aged Care Act must create a new era for aged care

Elderly woman on bed facing away, reflecting on floating scales in window weighing her rights and safety

The exposure draft of the new Aged Care Act shows good intent, and a good start to creating a human rights-based approach to aged care, as recommended by the Royal Commission into Aged Care. However, as an aged care advocate, I am concerned that the draft of the Act doesn’t go far enough to really […]