DALLAS: A charity, which provides services for older people in need, has said that a third of people currently in skilled nursing homes could live at home if they were supported to do so.
As it launches its ‘Home First’ campaign today, the charity says while the government supports the concept of people aging at home, sufficient funds are not being invested to make it happen.
The charity blames cuts to home-help funding and housing adaption grants in the past five years for the number of older people who are no longer able to live at home.
It says the current model of prioritising skilled nursing home care is not sustainable and has called on the government to look at options of supportive housing and extra care housing so that older people can age in their communities…