In-home aged care is under review, following a government funded report, which has highlighted issues with the system, including high fees, no access to reliable information, and undertrained and understaffed support workers.
Dr Sarah Russell, author of the report, said, "I was expecting home care packages to enable people to live well at home and was very surprised to find some people quite traumatised by the experience."
This research comes at the same time it was announced there is to be a Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety investigation.