Finding the right place to call home…young people living in aged care.

Increasing numbers of young people are forced into Residential Care Home each year, and with that number now topping 6,000 the urgency to find a solution to this problem is becoming critical.

It is now over a decade since COAG identified and acknowledged that aged care services are not there to meet the needs of the under 65 generations who have a disability.

Rob Woolley has written an excellent article on this complex problem and it is well worth the read; https://www.disabilityservicesconsulting.com.au/resources/no-place-like-home-residential-aged-care it helps put the focus on this complex issue as we grapple with the extensive problems faced and damage caused to young people when they are caught up in the ‘wrong system’.