Upper Hunter aged care hostel facing closure loses bid for funding

Upper Hunter aged care hostel facing closure loses bid for funding

Merriwa's Gummun Place faces closure as funding bid fails. Community seeks new support to keep aged care home open.

"If we can fund AUKUS, surely we can fund rural aged care"

The Upper Hunter Shire Council will meet next Monday to determine the future of Gummun Place, a 16-bed aged care home in Merriwa, 300km north-west of Sydney. The Council wrote to the Federal Government last year warning the home is losing $400,000 a year and has since approached 160 larger operators to take over the facility – without success. Troy Stolz Councillor, Upper Hunter Shire Council Councillor Troy Stolz told The Weekly SOURCE the Coun…