House debates Committees

Health and Ageing Committee; Report

Wednesday, 26 June 2013 House of Representatives

Steve Georganas

Steve Georganas Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party

4:30 pm

Yes, that is right—East Lake Macquarie Dementia Service. We conducted a public hearing of the inquiry at that facility as part of our visit there.

The number of Australians with dementia will quadruple by 2050. That will be a large number of Australians with this disease. This inquiry has made recommendations which should be implemented by governments—both current and future governments—to ensure we have in place the facilities and services we need to deal with the growing number of people with dementia. I commend this report to the House.

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