Luke speaks with Geoff Rowe, Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia chief executive, who says residents of large old-style nursing homes sit alongside prisoners as the only groups in Australia still living in institutional settings. 

Mr Rowe is calling on the federal government to explore models of aged care that move away from the “anachronistic” 100-bed plus nursing homes homogenising the lives of older people. 

He wants the government to allocate 10 percent of its aged-care reform spending to explore ways to deinstitutionalize care to give those in their twilight years a better chance to age well.

Luke speaks with Geoff Rowe, Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia chief executive, who says residents of large old-style nursing homes sit alongside prisoners as the only groups in Australia still living in institutional settings. 
Mr Rowe is calling on the federal government to explore models of aged care that move away from the “anachronistic” 100-bed plus nursing homes homogenising the lives of older people. 
He wants the government to allocate 10 percent of its aged-care reform spending to explore ways to deinstitutionalize care to give those in their twilight years a better chance to age well.

Australia Overnight with Mike Jeffreys, 12am – 4am weekdays.

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