Like all the privatised care services, the business of aged care is about property, cheap labour and public money
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You know you have entered the parallel universe of residential aged care when you find yourself saying, “Just to clarify, the deposit for the room is $1.95m, and the charges will be about $10,000 a month?”
“That’s correct,” the kindly sales agent replies.