When Karen Hodgson (pictured above) walks into her 19-bed aged care facility in Coleambally, a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, she doesn’t just see residents and staff – she sees a community fighting to survive. Like many small, aged care providers across Australia, Karen’s facility, Cypress View Lodge, has been operating at a financial loss for the past two years. â...
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SATURDAY Issue 99
Fighting to stay open: how a regional cooperative could reshape aged care in Australia

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