The Australian Government's Productivity Commission has just released its draft report, Caring for Older Australians. There is a need to cater for a predicted 3.6 million people by 2050 and submissions close on 21 March 2011. Problems with current funding structures, the availability and cost of aged care accommodation, inconsistency of policy and the need for more effective end of life care are highlighted and recommendations are made.
ABC Radio National has available a podcast interview with National Seniors Australia CEO, Michael O'Neil, where he discusses the reaction to the report. Also read an opinion piece by Scott Stephens in The Drum, where he states that the report is "an extraordinary and long-overdue document that, if implemented, will go a long way toward rectifying the myriad injustices and forms of institutional and economic abuse to which our elderly are subjected in the final years of their lives."
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