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If the findings of the aged care royal commission had not put off baby boomers considering nursing home care, it seems the pandemic may have done the job.
Almost a quarter of baby boomers are less keen on aged care homes than they were before the pandemic, while another 14 per cent are more enthusiastic about the idea of living at home with visits from a nurse.
That is according to a survey of more than 1000 Australians aged 56-74 commissioned by the charity RSL LifeCare.
There are more than five million baby boomers in Australia, making up about a quarter of the population.
The survey found more than three-quarters of them want to live in their own home as they age, with only three per cent keen to move into communal care.
There are more than five million baby boomers in Australia, making up about a quarter of the population
Over the past 18 months COVID outbreaks in aged care homes in Victoria and NSW have caused hundreds of deaths, while visits to nursing homes
