9 days ago · Australia
An average of 17 older Australians died each day last year waiting for home care
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. ABC Australia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Australia. The first report grouped here was at 8 Oct 2026, 05:59 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “An average of 17 older Australians died each day last year waiting for home care”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
More than 6,400 older Australians died while waiting to receive home care last year, an increase of more than a third on the previous year.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by ABC Australia
Aged care waitlist deaths jump amid funding backlog for 100,000
- New development reported by ABC Australia
An average of 17 older Australians died each day last year waiting for home care
Reported by 1 outlet
- ABC