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Why it's about to get so much harder to find an aged care bed in WA
Key takeaways
- WA is facing a "time-critical" aged care bed shortage by 2030.
- That's the conclusion of an analysis of the state's aged care capacity, quietly released by the government last week.
- Completed in March, it estimates WA will need between 1,600 and 2,700 additional aged care beds by 2030 — somewhere between 16 and 27 new facilities — to cope with its aging population.
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WA is facing a "time-critical" aged care bed shortage by 2030. (ABC News: Glyn Jones)
Link copied Share Share article Western Australia is racing towards a "substantial and time-critical shortfall" in residential aged care beds which it can do little to avoid.
That's the conclusion of an analysis of the state's aged care capacity, quietly released by the government last week.
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