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Australia has one of the highest rates of its population living in residential aged care of any country in the world. Over 6% of Australian residents aged 65 or over live in residential aged care facilities, the second-highest in the OECD after Lithuania.

Recipients of aged care services have the right to lodge a complaint and raise concerns about the information, service or care rendered by providers.

The recent Royal Commission into Aged Care (“Royal Commission”) brought many uncomfortable truths about Australia’s aged care system into public consciousness. One is difficulties older Australians and aged care residents currently experience in accessing the care they need; another is securing access to justice when their rights are infringed.

A nutritious diet is a fundamental aspect of health and wellbeing. Several factors contribute to the poor nutrition of aged care residents.