In response to the 2022 – 2023 Queensland State Budget released 21 June 2022, COTA Queensland takes an initial look at what this means for Older Queenslanders.
The small rural community of Bell at the foothills of the Bunya Mountains have set up a community managed home care service using self-managed home care packages and employing local people to deliver services.
The extra funding will see the line expanded to include outbound calls to carers of people living with dementia, as well as more specific community supports for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) seniors.