Submitted by admin on Mon, 2006-08-28 09:43.
According to Melbourne Age journalist Carol Nader last Friday (August 25, 2006) the Victorian aged care centres cop flak
Here's an extract from the Melbourne Age article;
Aged care facilities have not improved in condition in the past five years, and more were at risk of "failing, inadequate or obsolete" infrastructure, a report by the Auditor-General finds.
The report found most facilities had not improved since 2001 and many still need rebuilding.
The State Government strongly disputed this.
Department of Human Services secretary Patricia Faulkner said the department did not agree with some findings as the methodology was "flawed". She said claims the overall condition of facilities had not improved was "simply not consistent with tangible fact".
