Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. In evidence given at the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, held in Mudgee just last week, Ms Susan Hood, in speaking about her husband, Alan, said:

I would have liked to have taken him back home, but I had no option but to put him into aged care facility, because I couldn't get a package. It was 18 to 24 months before you could get a package to keep him at home.

Why wasn't Ms Hood able to access a home care package for her husband in Dubbo?