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Gummun Place Hostel on the brink: the crisis facing small, regional aged care homes

The small Hunter Valley aged care facility is on the edge of collapse – bleeding over $1 million a year and facing a grim financial future with no buyers, no funding, and no clear way forward. The 16-bed facility (pictured above), run by Upper Hunter Shire Council, has become a case study in the near-impossible task of keeping small regional aged care homes afloat. According to the latest fin...

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