There are thousands of young people in aged-care homes across Australia, because they don’t have their own facilities. The NDIS was meant to solve this, but seven years on only a few hundred young people have got out.



Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton.




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Young people with disabilities still living in aged care in The Saturday Paper

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There are thousands of young people in aged-care homes across Australia, because they don’t have their own facilities. The NDIS was meant to solve this, but seven years on only a few hundred young people have got out. Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton. Background reading:<a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/2020/07/04/young-people-with-disabilities-still-living-aged-care/159378480010063">Young people with disabilities still living in aged care</a> in The Saturday Paper<a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/">The Saturday Paper</a><a href="https://www.themonthly.com.au/">The Monthly</a> For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://7ampodcast.com.au/">7ampodcast.com.au</a>. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

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There are thousands of young people in aged-care homes across Australia, because they don’t have their own facilities. The NDIS was meant to solve this, but seven years on only a few hundred young people have got out.&nbsp;Guest: Senior reporter ...

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