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Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding

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Exclusive: FoI documents show senior health officials were warned of concerns about assessment tool weeks after it launched Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast People with dementia were warned not to apply for home support because of fears their care would be downgraded by the government’s aged care algorithm. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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