Australia is among the longest living nations despite the growing burden of chronic diseases. Aged care reforms in Australia have progressed over the past decade to support older people to stay at home and be part of the community. Indeed, older people prefer to stay independently in the community as long as possible. The recent Consumer Directed Care initiative provides older people with greater flexibility to individualize their care package. However some challenges exists in the provision of community-based aged care in Australia including large geographical area, limited family support, shortage and disproportionate distribution of workforce. This presentation will highlight these challenges, outline government initiatives in community care and share potential sustainable innovations in response to these challenges.After attending this presentation, participants will learn innovations in community care in Australia and contrast this to other learnings from our Asian neighbours.
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