Aged care providers plead for defence force help after Scott Morrison admits ‘crisis’

Retired healthcare workers could also help fill shifts in Covid-ravaged nursing homes, union says

Major Australian aged care providers have called on the government to send troops into Covid-ravaged nursing homes to fill chronic staff shortages.

Two major providers have called on Scott Morrison to support the idea, after it was flagged on Friday by his defence minister, Peter Dutton.

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