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Drop in home care hours a symptom of a deeper illness

The steady fall in direct care hours to 3.34 hours a week according to the latest StewartBrown data is a sign that home care providers are facing increasingly higher costs – and consumers will pay the price.

The cost of meeting legislative and wage changes is hitting providers’ bottom lines – with the risk that older Australians may miss out on care.

Aged care accountants StewartBrown have recorded a steady decline in the nu

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