More transition beds for Qld
Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot has announced a further 16 transition care places have become operational in Queensland – helping hundreds of older people out of hospital and back to their homes.
The recently operational places – funded by the Australian Government – are in West Moreton Bay (4), Logan River Valley (10) and Toowoomba (2).
There are now 32 of the 38 new places operational in Queensland.
That means the 38 places will get 285 older Queenslanders a year out of hospital and back into their homes.
By 2012, Queensland would have a total of 733 places fully operational. This would mean the provision of services to as many as 5,500 older Queenslanders after a hospital stay a year.
