Melbourne
\nAustralia will begin a public inquiry, or Royal Commission, into the country\u2019s aged-care sector as a spike in cases of elderly abuse creates a \u201cdisturbing trend\u201d, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The inquiry comes at a time when the number of Australians moving into residential care is set to jump, with the population aged 65 years and above, according to official data, forecast to more than double to 8.9 million by 2055.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we should brace ourselves for some pretty bruising information about the way our loved ones, some of them have experienced some real mistreatment,\u201d Morrison said.<\/p>\n
Over the past year, one service provider on an average has been shut down monthly by the government, revealing \u201ca very disturbing trend in what is happening in terms of non-compliance and abuses and failures of care\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s A$20 billion aged-care industry, which accounts for about 1.2 percent of its GDP, has about 2,000 care service providers offering home support, home care and residential care. Some of the industry\u2019s listed players include Japara Healthcare and Regis Healthcare.<\/p>\n
Government figures show there has been a 177 percent surge in services with serious risks to residents identified in the sector in the past year. The number of facilities that refused to comply with rules jumped almost four fold.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe issue isn\u2019t just in metro centres or just in rural centres, it is not just in for-profit or non-profit,\u201d Morrison said. \u201cIt is right across, as best as we can determine from the compliance work that has been done today, so we do want to look right across the board at what is occurring.\u201d Labour party leader, Bill Shorten, the largest opposition party to the ruling Liberal-National coalition, told ABC TV on Sunday that there is a \u201cnational crisis\u201d in aged care.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think that I\u2019m fearmongering and I\u2019m pleased that the government is moving in the same direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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