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  "id": 6772686,
  "title": "Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/dementia-patients-warned-off-seeking-home-care-in-case-australias-6772686",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-11T15:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/12/dementia-patients-warned-applying-algorithm-aged-care-funding"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Exclusive: FoI documents show senior health officials were warned of concerns about assessment tool weeks after it launched Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast People with dementia were warned not to apply for home support because of fears their care would be downgraded by the government’s aged care algorithm. Documents released to Guardian Australia under freedom of…",
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        "title": "Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/dementia-patients-warned-off-seeking-home-care-in-case-australias",
        "published": "2026-09-11T15:00:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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