‘Catastrophic’ fears: health staff made lists of concerning cases days after Australia’s aged care funding tool launch

Exclusive: Documents reveal assessors’ grave fears if client needs are underestimated by tool that can’t be overriddenFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastState health officials were so alarmed by a controversial federal government aged care funding tool that they kept a log of hundreds of cases where vulnerable older Australians were severely under-assessed.It also led to one senior state health official writing to the federal government to warn of “catastrophic” outcomes from its algorithmic tool – used to determine support levels for in-home care – and that her staff were “fielding calls from distraught clients and assessors”. Continue reading...