'Same trajectory': Australian lessons for NZ’s aged care crisis

'Same trajectory': Australian lessons for NZ’s aged care crisis
Tom Symondson speaks to the Aged Care Association. (Image: Supplied)
Gregor Thompson
A leading figure in the Australian aged care sector says New Zealand can gain from examining lessons learnt across the Ditch.Australia's Aged & Community Care Providers Association’s (ACCPA) chief executive, Tom Symondson, was invited to NZ by the Aged Care Association (ACA) and spent four days speaking to sector stakeholders and politicians.Symondson’s trip coincided with the ACA's push to raise awareness of what it has described as an “aged care crisis”.Symondson told BusinessDesk that Aotearoa NZ...

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