Canberra Wheels News
Aged-care Spending Surge Likely
Tuesday October 31, 2000
CANBERRA Spending on nursing homes, meals on wheels and other aged-care services would surge by about $8.5 billion a year by 2031, according to a report to be released today. To pay for the projected boom in spending, estimated to be greater than 145 per cent, ``a considerable diversion of re