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 Sunshine Coast region aged care beds allocation cut The Rudd Labor Government has slashed the number of new aged care beds to be made available this year to the Sunshine Coast region by 160, Federal Member for Wide Bay Warren Truss said today. The number of new beds allocated to the Sunshine Coast has fallen from 480 in 2008-09 to 320 in 2009-10. The Rudd Labor Government has also cut the number of new community aged care packages to the region from 40 to 18. “It is difficult to have any confidence that even these 480 places promised for this financial year will be delivered, after the Rudd Government only provided 274 beds out of the 480 it had promised to the Sunshine Coast region for last financial year,” Mr Truss said. “These cuts, combined with the Sunshine Coast’s growing population, will precipitate a crisis in an already stressed aged care system.” The Sunshine Coast planning region extends from Cooloola Cove to the Glass House Mountains and includes Gympie, Pomona, Cooroy, Tewantin, Noosa, Nambour, Maroochydore and Buderim. “It is incredible that at a time when the Government is sounding warnings of Australia’s aging population, that Labor would cut the number of beds it will make available in a high growth region such as the Sunshine Coast,” Mr Truss said. “Aged care providers have been warning the Government about the seriously declining viability of the sector, but the Government has responded by cutting funding and cutting new places,” Mr Truss said. “It is clear that Minister Elliot is completely out of touch with the urgent need to provide new care services in ageing communities.” |
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