Our aged care: People turn up to Bendigo Health every day without a plan for what to do if they can't go home. Vision and images by AP Productions, Bendigo Health and the Bendigo Advertiser
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00:00Too often, we see people coming into the emergency department in a state where they are no longer
00:07able to care for themselves at home, and I would say that happens almost every day of
00:11the week, and that's unfortunate because, as I said before, whilst we can treat the
00:20acute illness, it will cause an ultimate deterioration, and it could be the point between someone
00:26going home or someone requiring care, and often, it's due to carer stress and families
00:32being unable to care for somebody at home, and then they require care in a nursing home
00:39and 24-7 care, but we do have so much support at home that we can offer people, and that's
00:45not known.