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'It felt like a prison' – too many young Australians are still stuck in nursing homes

Author: Libby Callaway, Senior Lecturer, Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University

Most young people who enter aged care do so after acquiring a disability and need high levels of support.Heiko Kueverling/Shutterstock

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety turns its attention this week to hearings focused on younger people with disabilities living in residential aged care facilities.