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ACEM statement on Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM; the College) acknowledges the release of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report and supports its intent of developing a new rights-based aged care system.
With the Royal Commission having highlighted many deeply disturbing issues and problems with the way older people are cared for in this country, the report must be a catalyst for improvements in the way some of our society’s most vulnerable receive healthcare.
Older people deserve access to timely, affordable, appropriate and high-standard healthcare. Where feasible and appropriate, this should be delivered in the environment of their choice – be it their own home, hospital, or residential aged care facility (RACF). ACEM hopes the release of the final report, and the implementation of its recommendations, will help achieve improvements to systems which have fa
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Liberal Party of Australia
The Australian Government welcomes the Final Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, which has today been tabled in Parliament, noting its significant and sweeping proposals for reform of the aged care sector.
As a country it is important that we all acknowledge that we need to do more to ensure senior Australians are treated with respect, care and dignity and have access to quality care as they age.
The Royal Commission’s Final Report recognises the immense effort of our nurses and carers but also brings the challenges of aged care services into clear focus. The Government is committed to transforming aged care and the Royal Commission’s monumental report, with 148 recommendations, delivers a challenging, but achievable road to reform.