After 28 months of work and 23 public hearings, the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was presented to the Governor-General yesterday morning.
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It will be available to read on the Royal Commission website once the report has been tabled by the federal government.
Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt will be reviewing the report over the weekend, and said he would "provide an interim response by the middle of next week, and we will provide a full response during the course of the budget".
"It will actually be a major initiative, as the Prime Minister and the Treasurer have previously indicated," he said.
But Indi MP Helen Haines wants the government to make a commitment on the report's recommendations before the budget.
"It was to be tabled today; we've been informed that's going to happen next week," she said.
"The government have indicated that they will respond to the Royal Commission by May.
"I'm concerned about that, because the budget comes out in May.
"I think that if the government is planning to increase the number of aged care packages, which they must, responding to the Royal Commission by May is a little bit late for that.
"It's inevitable that the Royal Commission will address this; it is well-known that the wait times are far too long.
"There's 1000 people in Indi alone who've been assessed as needing home-care packages, who are still waiting to get one.
"We need to make sure that the whole funding structure of aged care is overhauled.
"Once the report becomes public, we'll be very keen to read it."
Advocacy bodies have offered a range of changes they want adopted.
Leading Age Services Australia raised in its submission that an injection of home-care packages had to come with more skilled staff.
"Clearing the HCP wait list by near-doubling the current number of HCPs across the next 12 months will place significant pressures on workforce recruitment, retention and management," the group said.
"It is likely that significant wage increases, additional training places, as well as increased use of subcontracting arrangements will be necessary to rapidly scale up supply."
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration estimates 78,000 extra workers will be needed in the next 10 years to support the country's ageing population.
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Dr Haines said the "government of the day is going to be held accountable" for upholding the commission's findings, after many other inquiries.
"The interim report appalled Australians right across the nation, it was shocking," she said.
"There have been multiple inquiries. Let's make this the last one.
"Let's make sure the recommendations that come out of this are acted upon."