FED:Gillard promises detailed aged review

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2011
FED:Gillard promises detailed aged review

CANBERRA, Aug 8 AAP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised a detailed review process
before the government formally responds to recommendations for a review of aged care.

She said there would be a proper process of review, discussion and analysis, as well
as wide community consultation.

She said the government would start the process of reforming aged care in this term
of government.

Ms Gillard said Australia had much to be proud of in its aged care sector, but there
were many challenges ahead.

Launching the Productivity Commission report Caring for Older Australians, she said
ageing baby boomers would reshape what it was to be an older Australian just as they reshaped
what it was to be a younger Australian.

Ms Gillard said the government would take the view that older Australians were considered
an asset to the nation and had earned a right to appropriate care as they aged.

"We won't be leaving anyone behind," she said.

"We will also want to see a system that offers more options than the past has, a system
that is financially sustainable and is fair for those being cared for as well as for the
rest of society, and a system which meets the highest standards of quality," she said.

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