Australians with three months left to live set to receive $25k payment to help them die at home
ABCMost people say they want to spend their final moments in the same place they have spent their life, surrounded by their loved ones, their pets, and their souvenirs — yet few actually do. As part of the sweeping aged care reforms unveiled this week, which included a shake-up of how people pay for their care, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells announced a new palliative care support payment that would be made available to older Australians in the final months of their lives. They included the recommendation that "equitable and non-discriminatory" access to palliative care feature in a legislated list of rights for older Australians seeking and receiving aged care, as well as a new funding model for care at home, including end-of-life support. At the time, the Department of Health and Aged Care's Russell Herald said there had been a "deterioration of access". "The Support at Home program is a structural reform designed to provide aged care support to help people stay at home for as long as possible, and in a sustainable way," they said in a statement.
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