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April 9th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A national report on services for people with dementia confirms that the needs of an increasing number of people with dementia and their carers are not being met, Victorian Minister for Ageing David Davis says.
Mr Davis said the Alzheimer’s Australia national report, launched on Monday, showed how commonwealth-funded and regulated aged care services fell short in helping dementia sufferers and their carers.
Mr Davis said Victoria led the way in dementia care two decades ago by ensuring hospital services were tailored to meet the needs of older people through the provision of sub-acute inpatient care specifically for older people.
“Despite this, the commonwealth government has consistently failed to recognise the value of these services to older Victorians and commonwealth funding for Victorian services has been restricted and has not supported sufficient innovation,” Mr Davis said.
“It is time that governments worked together, and not competitively, to support our older Australians.”
He said the report made clear that the fragmentation and separation of services may add to the difficulties faced by people with dementia and their carers.
The report said families wanted to keep loved ones living with dementia at home for as long as possible, but the system did not provide adequate support and assistance for them to do so.
There are 280,000 Australians with dementia, with the number set to reach 400,000 within 10 years.
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