7 Aug 2025

Allegations of over-crowding, soiled beds in respite care

From Checkpoint, 4:45 pm on 7 August 2025

A woman who has moved her elderly parents out of multiple rehab and respite facilites because of serious concerns, including over-crowding, mistakes with medication and unchanged soiled bedding, said sweeping reform is needed in aged care. The woman, we're calling Sandy for privacy reasons, said earlier this year her father, who has dementia, was discharged from a hosptial in the middle of the night in his pyjamas because there was no longer a bed for him. Sandy spoke to Lisa Owen.