My twin sister has lupus but she has no mental impairment with it. The other day, she received a letter from the Australian Government body called Aged Care. They informed her that she was to attend a meeting of a panel of health care professionals who would discuss her ability to stay in her own home. The final decision would be taken by them and not including her, and would involve her moving into a nursing home. This in spite of sharing a home with my son as her carer.
Shocked, she rang them and said not to bother. She didn't want their help. I am also getting Home Help from the same Body and I rang to cancel my records with them. They said they could make my record inactive which meant no one can access them, but as they became property of the Commonwealth of Australia, they couldn't be deleted.
I got them to make mine and Chris's records with Aged Care inactive and my sister did the same. It means that I no longer am eligible for Home Help and I am now paying privately to have a cleaner once a fortnight. It is a small price to pay in my opinion.
We cannot get over the high handed methods used by the Australian government in denying a client in their Aged Care plan their right to make decisions in their own life when there are no problems with that client's acuity.
When important decisions have to be made, Chris and I will consider all our options and cover it in prayer for guidance. We will not let some strangers take it out of our hands.
Sadly, Australia is now becoming an authoritarian regime and Big Brother has got us covered.
© Glenys Robyn Hicks
Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone. Psalm 71.9
This post is very eye opening. Scary actually. I live in America, and I can see this sort of thing taking place here as well. God bless you.
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It is very scary to realise that bureaucrats will decide how/where we live without even consulting us. It is very authoritarian. Be blessed, Deanna
ReplyDeleteI pray so much our home going is very soon...if He tarries I know He will carry us until He does. I never thought I would see things come to pass.....Love Kelly
ReplyDeleteI hear you, Kelly. Maranatha!
DeleteThis is even worse than I feared! How terrible! I'm so sorry. I'm glad you were all able to make your files inactive.
ReplyDeleteI am glad we did too. But it makes me feel uneasy that those files are no longer our property but the Commonwealth of Australia's. The big question is Why? All leading to something bigger, I fear!
DeleteI know. Just remember that we all see what is happening, the world is waking up, and we are praying for A and NZ.
DeleteThanks for your prayers, Janine. Much appreciated.
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