The Tasering of a 95-year-old woman
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The Problem With the Aged Care System
Aged care homes are becoming essentially two speed things. They do dementia care, which is 80% of the population, or they do palliative care. The most you can get is maybe $300 if you're lucky as a provider. You have to provide all of their medical care plus all of their food, all of their entertainment, their auxiliary supports. All of that has to be done for $300. So it's just an economic equation, right? You're not going to get much better than this.
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