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Struggling aged care homes are being pushed further into debt as they await the payment of an estimated half a billion dollars in grants promised by the federal government to cover the extra costs of containing COVID-19 outbreaks. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/aged-care-providers-wait-for-millions-in-covid-19-federal-grants/102626596

One large provider, Calvary Health Care, runs 62 residential aged care homes around the country and has submitted claims for about $55 million in COVID-19 grants but has only been paid $5 million.

The sector's peak body, the Aged and Community Care Providers Association, said the delays had created a "perfect storm" for care homes already running at a loss.

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