After an unprecedented number of complaints about the recently-introduced Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), the Commonwealth Ombudsman investigated. Recently the report was released which found fundamental flaws in the transparency, oversight and legal framework for the IAT and the assessment process within which is it situated. In today’s post, Dr Susan Maury of MND Australia reflects on the Ombudsman’s report and also what has been left unexplored in aged care, which points to profound and fundamental dysfunction.
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