Residents and their families claim they were given no notice of the decision to close Benetas Hurlingham, in up market Brighton East (Melbourne). The 60 bed high care facility, owned by Anglican Aged Care Services, is quoted as needing significant maintenance and renovation. All residents will be placed before the actual closure. No plans for the site have been made.
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...