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From hospital bed to nowhere: dementia care’s bottleneck

One in three Australians over 85 lives with dementia. That’s not an emerging challenge – it’s here now. And for aged care providers, the funding model isn’t keeping up. Across the country, hospitals are holding older Australians with high-level dementia for weeks after they’re medically ready to leave – because the right care just isn’t available. At the recent IHACPA conference, T...

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