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Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) CEO Patrick Reid says the new Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Senator Collins, claims regarding 鈥榚xtra鈥� and 鈥榥ew鈥� funding for age services, fail to recognise increases have come through the redirection of age services funding in other areas.聽鈥淟eading Age Services is supportive of many of the changes that are taking place and has worked with Government to help implement change,鈥� Mr Reid said. 鈥淚t was extremely disappointing to read today some of the Minister鈥檚 comments about age services funding, and in particular her comments about 鈥榥ew鈥� and 鈥榚xtra鈥� funding. 聽鈥淣early $2.6 billion of aged care funding over the Forward Estimates has actually been redirected. 鈥淭he funding which some might call 鈥榚xtra鈥� or 鈥榥ew鈥�, would have previously been directed to age services providers, to undertake their important work in caring for older Australians.
鈥淧roviders of age services do remarkable work in caring for older Australians 24 hours a day, every day. But it will be an enormous challenge for many providers implementing significant policy change, while also remaining financially viable,鈥� he said.
Mr Reid also noted the Minister鈥檚 comments about the Productivity Commission Report, which was both commissioned and considered by the Government, and said that like the Minister鈥檚 comments about age services funding, should not be considered in isolation.
鈥淭he complete story is that the Productivity Commission Report, Caring for Older Australians, made many recommendations, but the Government has been selective in what has been implemented,鈥� Mr Reid said.
鈥淟eading Age Services Australia continues to call on the Government to implement the recommendations of the Productivity Commission Report, Caring for Older Australians, in full, to appropriately and best recognise the care needs facing all older Australians.鈥�
Mr Reid said that while the industry鈥檚 goal is to continue to work in a productive way with the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, greater recognition of the challenges in implementing change to age services is needed.
鈥淎 viable age services industry, while providing care that all older Australians deserve, must be a priority of any Government. It must be recognised that the changes commencing today, are not necessarily through 鈥榥ew鈥� or 鈥榚xtra鈥� funding in isolation, but have come through redirection of funding away from those who are on the front-line in delivering care,鈥� Mr Reid said