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48 aged care facilities reported closed in 14 months because unprofitable
Sep 24 2009
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The National’s Senator John Williams (NSW) is pushing the need for increased care funding, pointing out 48 facilities have closed in 14 months to last February because they can’t cover costs. With 2,800 aged care facilities this equates to just under 2% however.

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