o combat the fear from the next generation of aged care recipients, South Australia’s Flinders University and Helping Hands Aged Care, Adelaide, are actively making efforts to make the transition into aged care for Forgotten Australian easier through a research study and helpful guide.
Forgotten Australians, also known as Care Leavers, are people who were in an orphanage or other institution while a child up until 1989 and experienced either horrendous physical or sexual abuse, or bad care practices.
There are more than 500,000 Australia who endured poor living conditions as an institutionalised child and still struggle with these experiences everyday life. https://www.agedcareguide.com.au/talking-aged-care/forgotten-australians-are-terrified-of-entering-aged-care