Helping the elders stay at home longer

There are calls for an urgent funding boost in the upcoming federal Budget for Commonwealth Home Care packages. Around 74,000 Australians current receive the subsidised funding packages meant to help elderly Australians stay in their homes longer. But a recent report shows more than 100,000 people across the country are waiting and one in three has been waiting for more than a year.

Older woman hula hooping in backyard Source: OJO Images RF

The packages are subsidies recipients can use to purchase services ranging from cleaning and gardening to nursing help, as well as transport and equipment. More about this program with Rana Kabbout and Ahmad Mukashar from Muslim Care