09-26-2021, 06:20 AM
(09-26-2021, 04:10 AM)capcom link Wrote:Which government funds aged care in Victoria? Federal. Which government is charged with running them? State. My "hatred'? Way too kind a word. The pr1ck has an excuse for everything.
As well as being responsible for the funding of aged care in Victoria the Commonwealth Government 's responsibilities include the regulation for quality of care standards in those facilities.
Under John Howard funding arrangements were changed to allow private operators to self regulate the ratio of trained staff to residents.
The Royal Commission into the Aged highlighted the incompetence of successive federal ministers in failing to maintain standards. It was pointed out that time and time again operators of nursing homes were given official notice of visits to check compliance with the regulations - unannounced visits were never undertaken by the department.
When covid hit it was found many staff workers in privately owned, federally funded nursing homes were working shifts across several homes in order to make ends meet, thus helping to spread covid.
As I've asked before on this thread: why the hatred for Dan and not a word about the failures of the Federal Government and responsible ministers?