The summit we really had to have – aged care in the fast lane

The ageing of the population and the question of how best to care for increasing numbers of older people, was virtually ignored in the Prime Minister’s 2020 Summit, according to Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) chief executive officer, Greg Mundy.

He said that this omission would be ‘put right’ at Aged Care in the Fast Lane, ACSA’s 21st annual conference.

“We will assemble our own set of 1,000 of Australia’s best and brightest,” he said. 

“They will look at and listen to consumers’ views of aged care; Australian and international views on the ageing aged care workforce; how technology can help and how affordable housing for older people needs to be firmly on the nation’s agenda.

“The Productivity Commission will speak to their freshly launched report on Trends in Aged Care. The Commission’s report reinforces one of the central themes of presentations to the conference; that more of the same will just not do.”

“Fresh thinking is needed if we are to care for increasing numbers of older people to the level of quality that they deserve.”

ANZ’s chief economist, Saul Eslake, and Aged Care Commissioner, Rhonda Parker, will join Productivity Commissioner, Mike Woods, on the stage to outline some of these challenges and options for dealing with them.

“This is the summit we need to have, faced with the challenge of an ageing population!”