Number of reported assaults in aged care almost double in two years

Labor says figures ‘shame us as a nation’ and serious incident response scheme proposed in 2017 should be implemented

The number of assaults reported in aged care homes has almost doubled over the past two years, with new figures revealing 5,233 notifications of assaults in residential care made in the past year.

The alarming figures are revealed in the latest report on the operation of the aged care act, tabled in parliament late on Wednesday.

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