Aged care commission recommendations limit choices

By Noel Whittaker
April 30 2021 - 8:00am
 A system built on "care, dignity and respect" should be providing more choice, not less. Picture: Shutterstock.
A system built on "care, dignity and respect" should be providing more choice, not less. Picture: Shutterstock.

A major part of the current aged-care system is the bond residents can choose to pay for their accommodation. It is known as a Refundable Accommodation Bond (RAD) and, as its name indicates, is refundable in full to the resident or their estate when they leave.

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