A long awaited Aged Care Act is coming into force, four years after a Royal Commission recommended major reforms to the sector.
From Saturday the 1st of November, sweeping reforms to aged care will come into effect, under the new Aged Care Act which passed parliament a year ago.
They're the long-awaited result of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Safety and Quality, which delivered its final report in 2021, to repair a system which many saw as broken.
The government has already acted on some recommendations of the Royal Commission - such as increasing wages for aged care workers, and boosting supervision of residents in nursing homes.
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