NSW Liberal Government promises to fund rural aged care beds if reelected
The Liberal NSW Government has promised to spend $15 million on the Bombala Multipurpose Service, in the south east of NSW. The move comes after elderly patients were forced to live in unsuitable hospital aged care wards or move to nearby towns when...
The Liberal NSW Government has promised to spend $15 million on the Bombala Multipurpose Service, in the south east of NSW. The move comes after elderly patients were forced to live in unsuitable hospital aged care wards or move to nearby towns when the region’s aged care home (pictured above) closed.
NSW Regional Health Minister Bronnie Taylor said, “Following the closure of Currawarna Nursing Home in Delegate by Southern Cross Care, the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government has been working behind the scenes and with the community on a solution,” The Daily Telegraph has reported.
“Aged care is, and continues to be, the responsibility of the Federal Government, however, we are yet to hear of a solution to the significant aged care gaps in our region. “A re-elected NSW Liberal and Nationals Government will invest $15 million towards the $37 million, 30-bed expansion of the residential aged care facility at the Bombala MPS, a proposal currently before the Federal Health and Aged Care Minister.”
The NSW Government is calling on the Federal Government to provide the remaining funding which will deliver 40 beds to the community.
