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Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) has responded to the Aged Care Accommodation Round (ACAR) saying for every winner of a place there were 16 losers.
The ACAR results have been听released allocating aged care places in both听residential and home care for older Australians, with the Department of Social Services receiving听applications for 108,281 new home care places in respect of the 6,653 places听advertised.
鈥淔or every one place made available by Government, there were 17 applications. Applicants were required to 听demonstrate exceptional need,鈥� says听LASA CEO, Patrick Reid.
鈥淟ASA welcomes the increase in both residential and particularly homecare places; however we need to put this听in perspective and understand for every winner of a place there were 16 losers where demand has been听demonstrated and is required to care for older Australians.
鈥淎lthough 11,196 residential places have been allocated, this is the first ACAR since 2012/13 and is actually a net听reduction in real terms. There can be no further delays in ACAR as the same large increase in places will need to听be repeated every year for the next 10 years in order to get close to meeting the demand for age services.鈥�
LASA understands that Assistant Minister for Social Services, Senator Mitch Fifield has flagged his support for听reforming the ACAR process.
鈥淟ASA supports reformation of the ACAR process to deliver greater access and equity in the distribution of both听residential and homecare places and particularly a far more streamlined process to remove what is currently an听arduous task for age service providers.
鈥淎necdotal evidence suggests that there is oversupply in some regions and under supply in others, so the process听of allocation against demand needs urgent review.
鈥淟ASA is committed to a partnership model with Government that sees a co-design approach to every aspect of听age services including the modelling to meet demand.
鈥淲ith a high reliance on government funding and a critical need for private capital for infrastructure and services听we will simply not meet our social obligations to appropriately care for older Australians unless we enter into a听genuine partnership."
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