Amana Living strongly supports the thrust and intent of the Productivity Commission’s draft report and its redesign of the aged and community care system.
However, in this submission, we highlight the following significant risks to delivery of a sustainable system into the future:
• A continuation of inadequate funding levels from the Commonwealth
• The proposed funding arrangements may lead to service inequities because of failure to allow for regional cost variations.
• Consumer choice and control may prove to be more tokenistic than real
• Proposed safety nets may be inadequate to prevent a two-or multi-tiered system
• Capital development might fail due to inadequate cashflows arising from a flight from bonds
• System integration with the health care system may continue to be inadequate and inefficient
• There may not be enough workers, particularly in WA, to support the proposed new arrangements
For more information please see Amana Living's Response to Productivity Commission Report March 2011