Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for the question, Senator Henderson. It is important that young people with complex needs get the right care and in the right setting. The government is proactively working to address the aged-care royal commission's finding that residential aged care is not the appropriate place for younger people except in exceptional circumstances. We are already making progress in this space. The number of people aged under 65 years in residential aged care has reduced from over 6,000 in 2017-18 to 4,860 as at 30 June this year. The government is providing another $10.6 million to continue to reduce the number of people aged under 65 in aged care or at risk of going into residential care, in conjunction with the plan to reduce the number of people in aged care— (Time expired)