EXCLUSIVE Aged care queues have blown out to more than a year's wait for nearly 100,000 elderly Australians - and some risk dying before getting home help. People too frail to feed or wash themselves are being forced to wait at least 12 months for care in their own home, despite getting the green light from government assessors for taxpayer-funded care. Aged care advocates have warned that some people could die waiting. New government data reveals that 95,831 Australians approved for a taxpayer-funded "home care package'' (HCP) will need to wait at least 12 months for the service. Wait times have blown out to more than a year for 97 per cent of elderly Australians in the aged care queue because demand is outstripping funding.