Politicians Slam 'Cruel Tool' Used to Determine at-Home Aged Care Funding

Politicians slam 'cruel tool' used to determine at-home aged care funding

Labor has resisted calls to change an aged care assessment tool at the centre of hundreds of complaints.

'I'm not as agile': the algorithm that's delaying care for the elderly

Helen Parkinson, 85, forced to wait for her approved home care funding after being assessed a non-urgent by the controversial aged care assessment tool

Labor resists calls to ditch ‘cruel’ funding algorithm

The Albanese Government is standing by its controversial aged care algorithm, ignoring an offer from the Opposition to provide a path through Parliament to immediately fix the assessment process at the centre of hundreds of complaints. Source: ABC News.

Greens Call on Labor to scrap broken aged care assessment tool following damning Four Corners report – 16 News

The Australian Greens have demanded that Labor go back to the drawing board on aged care assessments after a damning Four Corners investigation revealed that the government’s new assessment tool had been designed to under-assess need and priority. The controversial Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), which uses an algorithm to automate decision-making, has repeatedly been shown to provide assessments that have left thousands of people without an a…