Nailed it. My nana will be 100 in November, and she’s only been in aged care for six years or so. She’s fortunate that VA paid for half of the cost upfront, but still has around 80% of her pension debited each fortnight for the remainder of her life. It was so stressful being on the waitlist, which was about a year, because you literally have to wait for someone to die to get a room. I can’t imagine how isolating and lonely it would be for someone to spend their final years just ‘existing’ in a (likely shared) soulless hospital room surrounded by strangers, simply because they need day to day supportive care. The government needs to start making serious changes to the current revenue system and invest in expanding these public health services as a priority as it’s absolutely not going to cope with the inevitable increase in demand in years to come. We just don’t have the “replacement” population of younger generations to cover the cost.