Australia’s medical research grants system needs to be overhauled to provide more “dedicated and specific” support for aged care and gerontology research, a Senate inquiry has heard.
Monash University medical researchers Joseph Ibrahim and Lyndal Bugeja say that Australia also currently lacks relevant tertiary courses to train highly skilled aged care nurses.
In a hard-hitting submission to a federal inquiry into Australia’s aged care system, Ibrahim and Bugeja have called for federal policies that will support “complex” and long-term research into aged care.
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