Aged Care, Or Aged Storage?

The aged care business is a growth industry in Australia, and across the world. Given the advancements in medical technology, hygiene and living standards for many, it is unsurprising that there are many countries with aging populations.

The needs of the elderly, however, are as diverse and as human as the needs of anybody else. The increased systemisation of aged 'care', unfortunately has lead to increased isolation as well for many elderly and aging Australians.

Whether 'aging in place', or moved into special facilities that often resemble hospitals more closely than homes - the elderly find themselves increasingly at the mercy of pre-approved expenditures for assistance, or rapid transactional encounters with service providers who are on budgets so tight that there is no scope for any intuitive additional support, let alone a chat and a cuppa.

While this isn't always the case, the invisibility of our aging population both contributes to this problem and hides it. Aged care is heralded as a growth industry, but at the Just Be Nice Project we have concerns that it is not an industry of 'aged care', but one of 'aged storage'. Keeping individuals at arms length, monitoring encounters through a thick fog of funding allocations, 'job descriptions' and often red tape that is hard to navigate for the elderly and their families.

We are strong advocates for aged care - community, connection, support and the necessary opportunities for a rich and engaged life right up until the end.

We are not advocates for an industry of aged storage - one that keeps the elderly trapped in boxes - either physically or by way of a series of checks in boxes - checks that are often overlooked, lacking humanity or misplaced.

At The Just Be Nice Project - Our 2040 plan includes a vision for Aged Care - along with care for all vulnerable members of our communities. We'd love your support along the way.

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