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No 1:1259
WEDNESDAY JULY 15, 2015
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SPC thanked for relief assistance By David Lee SPC was last week thanked by Aussie Care for providing three pallets of emergency stock, totalling 7,000 units of baked beans, spaghetti and diced peach snacks, to the flood affected community of Dungog in May this year. SPC Managing Director, Reg Weine said, “It’s important for larger organisations to support communities and make contributions to people in times of crisis and in need. “It is fortunate that we have the quality, nutritious products that are shelf stable, easily transportable and are consumer staple products, which means in times of emergency, we can be of immediate practical assistance to those in need. Continued on page 18
COMMUNITY CONNECT | page 6 Letters to the Editor | page 8 Viatek Footy Tipping | page 30 Adviser Football | page 31 Adviser Classifieds | pages 25-27
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True cost of aged care hurting local providers
AGED CARE CONCERNS… Shepparton Villages CEO, Kerri Rivett (left) is concerned about the Abbott Government’s recently released Aged Care Subsidies and Supplements, which will leave the facility $300,000 short per annum to keep providing the services they do to their residents, including Hakea Lodge resident, Anne Wright (right). Photo: Madeleine Caccianiga.
“How do they expect health care providers to continue?” By David Lee T H E re c ent rele a s e of t he A bb ot t Government’s Aged Care Subsidies and Supplements is being rejected by local aged care providers, who are set to lose $300,000
annually under the new scheme, which is falling short of rising costs associated with operating. This year’s aged care subsidies having an indexation rise of 1.3 percent, aged care
providers, such as Shepparton Villages are challenging the government to assess the true cost of aged care, which is expected to see the consumer price index for aged care this year to Continued on page 14 be over 4 percent.