"We're Choosing to Underfund Aged Care". The Funding and Legislation Conversation We Keep Putting Off with Mel Argent & Adrian Morgan

We're choosing to underfund aged care, and as a society, we're choosing to look away. Melissa Argent and Adrian Morgan join us again to dig into why aged care still isn't the election issue it should be. Why we're not short on money but short on the political courage to talk about where it should go. Nothing is off the table: profit, bureaucracy, policy, and the CHSP elephant nobody has a plan for, plus the uncomfortable truth that none of us think about this until it's our own family in the system. Key moments: 00:00 Why is "Profit" treated like a dirty word in Aged Care 10:40 Why are two hospitals full of people with nowhere to go 20:34 How did a $70 million building end up sitting empty 39:40 What happens when the Government only funds 60% of your care 43:38 The conversation no one is having… Why we keep choosing to underfund Aged Care 55:17 Why the industry needs to start telling its own story 55:23 Why are care minutes useless 59:52 How do you eat an elephant? Inside the CHSP's looming deadline 01:16:09 We are not coping. The steps we need to take to fix things — Connect with Dane and Rose or the Podcast on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dane-mitchell-763ba524 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-plater-0a111a129 https://www.linkedin.com/company/time-well-spent-podcast If you want to book a free Reablement Planning Workshop with Optimum Allied Health, visit www.opthealth.com.au/tws If you’re starting to scope out your next project, get in touch with Paynters over at www.paynters.com.au  If you are building a new care facility today, or embedding care into an existing village, you should talk to Eevi.  Visit eevi.life or call 1300 802 738.