Careless 2025
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When director Sue Thomson’s 89-year-old mum, Margaret, begins to need additional help with day-to-day life, they face a decision that most families will encounter: whether to consider a residential aged-care facility; and, if so, how to find a suitable one amid a sector with a reputation for neglect and mistreatment. Margaret’s story becomes a springboard for an investigation of the political history of aged care in Australia, marred by a 40-year bipartisan privatisation agenda. As we hear from advocates, journalists and senior citizens who have experienced the system, a group of schoolkids discuss the situation we’ve reached with aged care and where we need to go from here – and of what they, and we, can expect in the future.
- Released: 2025-08-16
- Runtime: 88 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Margaret Thomson, Olivia Cornwell, Jane Cornwell, Sarah Holland-Batt, Beverly
- Director: Sue Thomson, Lola Nankervis, Adam Farrington-Williams, Sue Thomson, Adam Farrington-Williams
- Review: Careless
- Network: Careless
- Source: CWR-CRB
