Ministerial Aged Care Advisory Group Must Look Beyond Funding Tweaks To Fix A Broken SystemThe Aged Care Association welcomes the establishment of the new Aged Care Advisory Group and is pleased to see the Group beginning its work. The creation of an Advisory Group to provide system-level advice on aged care is something the Association has actively called for, and we welcome the Minister’s acknowledgement that reform of the aged care funding model is required. Successive government-commissioned reviews have already reached the same conclusion: the current aged care funding model is broken. Advertisement - scroll to continue readingThis is where recognising that " aged care is health care" becomes essential. The Aged Care Advisory Group has an opportunity to look beyond incremental fixes and provide advice that supports genuine system reform - reform that benefits older New Zealanders, their families and whānau, and the wider health system.