Aged care offer doesn’t address crisis
Monday, 7 November 2005, 9:51 am
Press Release: New Zealand National Party
Aged care offer doesn’t address crisis
National’s Health
spokesman, Tony Ryall, says Labour’s funding offer for
private rest homes does nothing to address the crisis in
aged care.
“More rest homes will close. Unless Labour
takes this crisis seriously, older New Zealanders will be
forced to live in second-rate rest homes where every corner
is cut to keep the place afloat.
“Today’s offer is a
re-hash of some funding cobbled together in the last Budget.
It doesn’t even cover inflation.
“And still there’s no
action on extra money to allow rest homes to catch up with
the recent generous pay rises for DHB nurses. How can rest
homes retain their nurses when the local hospital is paying
a lot more?
“Older New Zealanders deserve better. The
Prime Minister promised she would fix this and she has let
them down,” says Mr Ryall.
Ends
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