Home care wait times are down to three months at most, according to the Department of Health and Aged Care’s latest Home Care Packages Program Data Report for the December quarter.
But staff shortages, which are being felt right across the country, mean older Australians are still enduring long waits for home care.
Sometimes older people must wait six months just for basic services, says Pat Sparrow, Chief Executive of Council on the Ageing (COTA).
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