It's been almost a week since the findings of the long-awaited Aged Care Royal Commission were handed down and almost two years since it was launched.
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But in the climate of a global pandemic and historic sexual abuse allegations rocking Parliament, has it received the attention it deserves?
The report, released Monday, ripped the band-aid off a national disgrace.
But for many, particularly those involved in the harrowing two-year inquiry - the hard work to reform a sector found to have been mismanaged and misunderstood by successive governments - has only just begun.
Tasmania is not immune to this crisis. If anything, we are most at risk with the country's oldest population.
More than 20 per cent of our population is over 65, while almost 10 per cent of the population is older than 75.
But our elderly are not a burden on society and it is simply not acceptable to treat them as such.
When the royal commission held hearings in Tasmania in 2019, harrowing accounts of abuse, neglect and failings across the state's aged care sector were heard.
Since then, the dialogue has shifted slightly with a number of organisations promising to do better - and they have.
But sadly, for many things have not improved. In fact according to some accounts they appear to have gotten worse.
A Northern Tasmanian woman who bravely spoke about the treatment her husband had received while in care during the 2019 state hearings, is now too scared to be publicly named.
Why? Because of the reprisals she faced from within the sector after speaking out last time.
She says an ingrained culture of fear remains, and its preventing many family members with loved ones in care from advocating on their behalf.
It's a sentiment supported by Tasmania's Council on the Ageing, who says issues in the sector remain.
While not in every facility - even just one is one too many.
These are among hundreds of issues that the royal commission brought to the surface.
And while no one expected solutions to be implemented overnight, this is something that needs to treated as a national disaster. Our government needs to recognise this and act accordingly.
It will take additional funding - something that has already been earmarked - but it will also take real leadership.
The existing government might not have been responsible for the problems we are contending with now within the aged care sector, but they must commit to resolving it.
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