Summer special: The crisis in Aged Care with Ged Kearney
In our summer special series, we bring you some of our favourite guests from the Australia Institute’s webinar series in 2020. In this episode, host Ebony Bennett talks to Ged Kearney MP, Shadow Assistant Minister for Skills and the Shadow Assistant Minister for Aged Care, Beris Campbell, Board member of Homeshare and Ruth Kestermann, CEO of Holdsworth Community Sydney for a discussion on Australia’s critical but badly neglected aged care sector and how we can help older Australians to age well, preferably at home.
The full webinar is available on the Australia Institute’s YouTube channel here.
Host: Ebony Bennett // @ebony_bennett
Guests:
Ged Kearney MP, Shadow Assistant Minister for Skills and the Shadow Assistant Minister for Aged Care, Member for Cooper // @gedkearney
Beris Campbell, Board member, Homeshare
Ruth Kestermann, CEO, Holdsworth Community Sydney
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey
Theme music: Jonathan McFeat from Pulse and Thrum
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