Published 6 April 2022, revised 21 April 2022
Our CEO Claire Hewat recently wrote a piece for Aged Care Australia regarding the lack of access to allied health in residential aged care:
‘It takes a team to enable older people to function well – physically, socially, and emotionally. Allied health professionals are essential specialist members of that team, providing support to live independently in the community or to maintain the best possible quality of life in a RACF. And yet sadly, as the Royal Commission found, for many older people access to these services is either limited or non-existent.’ You can read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3xbPBIL