tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post4858195915359939370..comments2024-01-28T19:45:49.757+13:00Comments on <img src="https://i.imgur.com/96UqJAN.jpg"> Australian Politics: jonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32646270.post-69236250070157696182019-01-21T11:03:49.503+13:002019-01-21T11:03:49.503+13:00At risk of sounding callous, care in the Nursing H...At risk of sounding callous, care in the Nursing Home sector is (give or take for managerial variation) up/down to the standard that the people of Australia are prepared to pay for. I'll bet this Royal Commission's fundamental findings have already been defensively determined, and the rest is to be sacrificial window dressing for guilty daughters who placed career first and think that care of loved ones can be reduced to a customer-based transaction, no matter how earnest their pouting faces are on the 7:30 Report. I can still recall the 90s and the good people of Victoria squealing like stuck pigs when the Government suggested that those who had assets (such as the inheritable family home) should use those assets to provide for their care. Oh no, no the people shrieked as they saw the big pot of money they were hanging out for slipping away, and the Government backed off, hence the rise of the low wage, semi-skilled care worker usually with no common cultural bond with the patients in question and barely any basic Nursing skills. Nursing homes exist at the absolute limits of cost-control and are governed by rules and regulations that on paper sound noble but results in required standards that can't be met without injections of money that just aren't there, and never will be so long as the people don't want to pay.<br /><br />Aged care is perfectly summed up by the phrase "damned if you do....". <br /><br />I'm sure we will explore this further as the RC progresses. Paulnoreply@blogger.com