Australians need to ask whether it’s fair that someone in a $10m mansion pays the same for aged care as someone with a modest home in the suburbs.
To expect their less-well-off descendants to fund their continued privilege is,well,a bit rich.
Senior NSW Police have been caught covering up the use of a Taser in the death of a 95-year-old aged care resident.
There is a quote that “change is inevitable except from a vending machine”. However,in the world of aged care,change is constant.
Labor must summon the courage to ask older Australians who’ve done OK to help cover the costs of the last stages of their highly privileged lives. It’s only fair.
Anika Wells says people would be willing to contribute to the cost of high-quality aged care – if they could find it.
Many people assume that they have to sell the family home to pay for aged care,but that’s not always the case.
But he’s finally found somewhere to call home - and this residence in Sydney is not like any other.
The death of the grandmother has shone a spotlight on a swath of policing issues,from oversight,their presence in aged care homes and the use of Tasers.
Karen Webb says police can be trusted to investigate themselves,as the officer who Tasered an elderly woman is supported by colleagues.
The sister of a man who died after being Tasered more than a dozen times said she was disappointed that problems within NSW Police highlighted by her brother’s death were still festering.