A new report released by Carers Australia has revealed that 2010 saw unpaid family carers providing almost 1.32 billion hours of care, valued at almost $41 billion. According to the new report The economic value of informal care in 2010, commissioned by Carers Australia and undertaken by Access Economics, the cost of caring is 33% higher than in was in 2005 and if the unpaid care was replaced with services purchased from formal care providers and provided in the home, the replacement value would be $41 billion.
Peak bodies outcry over Aged Care Taskforce silence: ‘no excuse for delay’
Catholic Health Australia, the peak body representing 350 Catholic Not For Profit aged care facilities, said there “is no excuse for delay” in the reform of aged care by adoption of the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations. “It’s been six months...