A community within social and ecological communities : A new philosophical foundation for a just residential aged care sector
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Green, Lachlan, Pratt, Bridget and Kirchhoffer, David. (2024). A community within social and ecological communities : A new philosophical foundation for a just residential aged care sector. Medical Journal of Australia. 221(9), pp. 469-472. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52472
Authors | Green, Lachlan, Pratt, Bridget and Kirchhoffer, David |
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Abstract | According to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (hereafter, the Royal Commission), Australian residential aged care (RAC) inadequately caters to the physical, social and psychological needs of older people. The Royal Commission states that aged care requires “a philosophical shift” that centres on people receiving care and establishes “new foundational principles and core values.” We propose reframing RAC as communities within social and ecological communities, to shift away from dominant consumerist approaches to care. Theories of social and environmental justice can then be applied to guide the development of the aged care sector, offering aged care providers and policy makers novel solutions to critical challenges identified by the Royal Commission. |
Keywords | ethics; health services for the aged; aged; health policy |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Medical Journal of Australia |
Journal citation | 221 (9), pp. 469-472 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd |
ISSN | 0025-729X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52472 |
PubMed ID | 39354333 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85205505029 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 01 Oct 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 25 Jun 2024 |
Deposited | 30 Jan 2025 |
Additional information | © 2024 The Author(s). Medical Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of AMPCo Pty Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
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