Govt blinded by retirement village 'profits': Norah Barlow

Govt blinded by retirement village 'profits': Norah Barlow
The aged care sector is short 1,200 nurses, nearly a quarter of the requirement. (Image: NZ Herald)
Jenny Ruth
A fundamental cause of current aged care underfunding reflects the fact that the government looks at the few very large retirement village operators and believes they’re making “massive profits”, Heritage Lifecare chief executive Norah Barlow told an industry conference.“The perception is the problem. When you have a minister of health and the chief executive of Health New Zealand saying the people they want to fund are NGOs [non-government organisations] or non-profits because otherwise, the funding goes straight to pro...

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